Trainee-led Career Development Seminars
A trainee and/or ECR leadership team has been established, including up to two trainees from each of 11 International Olympic Committee Research Centres. They will work together to establish quarterly seminars that will be recorded and available through a seminar repository for future viewing. The seminar topics will be determined by the trainee and early career researcher leadership team and hosted through Zoom. These seminars intend to focus on career development, support interactive panel discussions, and to complement existing research seminars.
Upcoming Seminar
IOC Research Centre Spotlight - Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital
An insight into the day-to-day at Aspetar:
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Medical Education
Research
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM Doha | 10:00 PM AEST | 11:00 PM AEDT | 8:00 AM North America (MT) | 2:00 PM Central Europe Time | 9:00 PM KST | UK 1:00 PM
Duration: 90 minutes
Seminar Structure:
0-5 minutes: Introduction
5-15 minutes: Aspetar: An Overview
15–75 minutes: PhD Programme Presentations
75–90 minutes: Q&A
To be added to the mailing list for trainee-led seminars, please email Lisa Loos at ldloos@ucalgary.ca.
Previous Seminars
Elevator Pitch
December 1, 2025
This seminar is an opportunity to spark future global collaboration across centres and showcase the research activities of trainee's within the IOC network. One early- to mid-career researcher or student from each IOC Research Centre will present an overview of their research program and a dream collaboration they would love to pursue.
Speakers:
Diogo Gomes; LASEM
Tom Fallon; UKCCIIS Edinburgh site
Sam Hudson; UKCCIISS Bath site
Morten Rosenfeldt; OSTRC
Bjørk Wulff Helge; ISMC
Lolita Fischer; REFORM
Chris Esh; on behalf of Aspetar
Stephen West; SIPRC
Milo Mokkenstorm; ACHSS
Elevator Pitch
"Off the Tenure Track" Building a Research Career and Working Outside of Academia
June 17, 2025
Panelists:
Kerry Peek
Roula Kotsifaki
Liam Toohey
Ted Meeuwsen
"Off the Tenure Track" Building a Research Career and Working Outside of Academia
Career Compass: The importance of mentorship for directing your future
December 10, 2024
Panelists:
Dr. Stephen West, PhD
UK Collaborative Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport, Bath, United Kingdom
Dr. Jane Thornton, MD, PhD
IOC Medical and Scientific Director, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Karim Khan, MD, PhD
Former Editor in Chief, British Journal of Sports Medicine, British Columbia, Canada
Career Compass: The importance of mentorship for directing your future
Trainee Leadership Team
Andrea Mosler
Senior Mentor
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre - Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Australia
Ash Kolstad
Outgoing Co-Chair
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC) - University of Calgary, Canada
Brooke Patterson
Co-chair; Seminar lead
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre - Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Australia
Anna Stitelmann
Mentorship subcommittee
French-Speaking Research Network for Athlete Health Protection & Performance (ReFORM) - National Institute of Sport, Expertise & Performance (INSEP), France; University and University Hospital of Liège, Belgium; Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics, Sport Medicine & Science (LIROMS); National Sport Institute of Quebec, Canada; Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
Jennifer Fayad
French-Speaking Research Network for Athlete Health Protection & Performance (ReFORM) - National Institute of Sport, Expertise & Performance (INSEP), France; University and University Hospital of Liège, Belgium; Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics, Sport Medicine & Science (LIROMS); National Sport Institute of Quebec, Canada; Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
Fernanda Serighelli
Methods repository subcommittee
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre - Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Australia
Marco Dube
Trainee exchange subcommittee
La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre - Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Australia
Kathryn Dane
Co-chair; Seminar lead
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC) - University of Calgary, Canada
Eric Gibson
Mentorship subcommittee
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC) - University of Calgary, Canada
Ashley Triplett
Committee member
United States Coalition for the Prevention of Illness & Injury in Sport - US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) and The University of Utah, USA
Cecilie Køllner Olsen
Committee member
Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen (ISMC) and Sports Orthopaedic Research Centre – Copenhagen (SORC-C) – Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Kenneth Mertz
Committee member
Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen (ISMC) and Sports Orthopaedic Research Centre – Copenhagen (SORC-C) – Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Se Jong Moses
Committee member
Yonsei Institute of Sports Science & Exercise Medicine (YISSEM) – Yonsei University, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Sol Hospital and Korea National Sport University, Republic of Korea
Suji Yoon
Committee member
Yonsei Institute of Sports Science & Exercise Medicine (YISSEM) – Yonsei University, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Sol Hospital and Korea National Sport University, Republic of Korea
Pablo Stegerhoek
Committee member
Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS) – Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Oriol Bonell Monsonis
Committee member
Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS) – Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Cecilie Margrethe Nagy
Committee member
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) – Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
Emilie Scholten Sjølie
Committee member
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) – Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
Mariem Labidi
Seminar lead
Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital – Qatar
Christopher Esh
Committee member
Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital – Qatar
Sofie Nelis
Committee member
Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital – Qatar
Melissa Janse Van Vuuren
Committee member
Sport, Exercise Medicine & Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) – University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University & South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Helene van der Hoven
Committee member
Sport, Exercise Medicine & Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) – University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University & South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
Amy Williams
Committee member
UK Collaboration Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS) - University of Edinburgh and University of Bath, Great Britain
Kait Simpson
Committee member
UK Collaboration Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS) - University of Edinburgh and University of Bath, Great Britain