Meet the isti mentors

Physiotherapist & Implementation Scientist, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC

Dr Allison Ezzat is a physiotherapist and implementation scientist based at the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia (UBC). 

Currently funded through a Micheal Smith Health Research BC – Health Professional Investigator Award (2024-2029), Dr Ezzat’s research program applies implementation science methodologies to advance the primary prevention of knee injuries in adolescents in real-world settings.  She has a special interest in reducing gender disparity for girls and women in injury risk and decreasing the long-term burden of injuries by investigating strategies for secondary prevention of knee osteoarthritis. 

Dr Ezzat completed her PhD in School of Population and Public Health, UBC in 2019 investigating health outcomes in youth after knee injury. Subsequently, she completed post-doctoral work at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and at La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. During this time, she obtained a 2-year Graduate Certificate in Implementation Science from University of California San Francisco.