Karim Khan
Affiliation
Professor, Department of Family Practice and School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia
Committee membership
Ad hoc working group of Governing Council (GC) on CIHR’s Institutes
Biography
Karim Khan, a scholar in the field of physical activity has focussed on the two sides of the sport and exercise coin: the health benefits and the injuries. He was one of the pioneers of multidisciplinary academic sport and exercise medicine. The best-selling textbook Brukner and Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine is in its 6th edition and 33rd year. It has been translated to 5 other languages to date.
He had an international profile as Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine from 2008-2020: the journal serves 25 international member societies. He was recognised for harnessing the power of both open access and social media to amplify the journal's reach and promote knowledge translation. He was a podcast and YouTube pioneer and "influencer" before that latter description entered the lexicon. The BJSM YouTube channel had over 8 million views before 2015 and the podcast he launched (BJSM podcast) reached over 5 million listeners during his editorship.
A professor at UBC since 2000, Khan has served as Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) since 2017. He works closely with researchers and policy-makers to advance collaborative research. He also increases the opportunities for patients and people with lived experience to lead research initiatives ("let patients lead"). An unabashed advocate for the role of Institutes as one element of Canada's health research funding system, he brings substantial international experience to this working group.
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