Carol Richards is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, at Université Laval. She obtained a B.Sc. (PT) from McGill University, an M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Medicine) from the University of Saskatchewan, a Ph.D. degree from McGill University and an honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. She was the founding Director of both the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS) located in the Quebec Rehabilitation Institute (2000-2010) and of the Quebec Provincial Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR: 1994-2003). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Stroke Network, President of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and a Fellow and former Secretary of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Dr. Richards held a senior Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation from 2002-2008 and presently holds the Université Laval Research Chair in Cerebral Palsy. She is involved in basic, clinical and knowledge translation studies related to locomotor recovery and social integration of persons with neurological disorders. She received a Green Visiting Professorship from the University of British Columbia (2002), the Enid Graham Memorial Lectureship (2004) from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, the Jonas Salk Award (2005) from the Ontario March of Dimes and the Helen Saarinen Memorial Lectureship (2007) from McMaster University. She was President of the International Advisory Council of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (2001) and a member of the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) from December 2001-August 2008. She was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in December 2009.
