Biography
Prof. Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme is a physiotherapist and Full Professor at the School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke. He graduated in physiotherapy from the University of Ottawa in 1999 and worked as a clinician and clinic manager before completing a master’s degree (2005) and a PhD (2008) in clinical sciences at Université de Sherbrooke, followed by postdoctoral training at Université de Montréal in 2010.
His research program aims to improve the quality, relevance and value of rehabilitation care for people with musculoskeletal disorders. His work focuses on non-pharmacological management of low back pain and chronic pain, the development of the Pain and Disability Drivers Management Model, and the implementation of approaches that promote self-management and improved functioning. He is also interested in personalizing care based on prognosis, clinical profiling and value-based care principles, to better tailor interventions to patients’ needs.
