Babul, Shelina

Dr. Shelina Babul is the Associate Director and Sports Injury Specialist with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, BC Children’s Hospital. She focuses primarily on sport & recreational evidence-based research and knowledge implementation, with a particular specialization in concussions/traumatic brain injuries and their prevention, recognition, treatment and management. She is the Director of BC Children’s Hospital Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and has a cross appointment with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC; an Investigator with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, UBC. She is the chair and/or member of several provincial and national concussion advisory committees and recently received the safety award by BC Hockey and awarded the prevention and awareness award by the Brain Injury Association of Canada.

Dr. Babul’s area of focus include: 1) Identifying and addressing critical gaps in injury prevention; 2) TBI/Concussion-specific research and related strategies to promote uptake of proven and effective interventions; and 3) Coordination of TBI/concussion efforts locally, provincially and nationally. She developed the Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) with the aim to standardize care among medical professionals, parents/players/coaches, and school professionals. Over 50,000 individuals all over the world have completed the CATT e-learning modules, and the tool receives approximately 2,000 website visits a month. Over 30 sporting associations and schools have mandated CATT training for their coaches and teachers. Starting in the 2016-2017 season, BC Hockey mandated CATT for over 14,000 of their on-ice officials, and an evaluation demonstrated significance for improving knowledge and awareness. Dr. Babul’s experience in the field of concussion/TBI includes the publication of numerous chapters and peer-reviewed papers, presentations at numerous provincial/national/international conferences, membership on committees/review boards, and interviews with provincial/national news media and magazines.