Catherine Trask

• Faculty, Ergonomics Division, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Adjunct Faculty, University of Saskatchewan Department of Medicine
• Canada Research Chair in Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Health (Tier II, 2012-2020)
• Professor, Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture (2011-2020)
• Associate Member, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
• Associate Member, School of Rehabilitation Science
• President, Canadian Association for Research in Work and Health (2016-2018)

Dr. Trask led the commissioning of the Ergonomics Lab during her time at the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture. She is now a full-time faculty member in the Division of Ergonomics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and contributes to USask as an Adjunct Faculty member.

For a full list of Dr. Trask's publications, please check out her Google Scholar profile.

• Interview in newspaper article by Tavia Grant, Globe and Mail. Statistics Canada looks to close data gap on workplace deaths, injuries November 5, 2017 

• Interview in newspaper article by Alexis Keinlen,  Alberta Farmer Express. New technology brings new risks to the farm, say experts. October 25, 2017 

• Interview in newspaper article by Federica Gianelli, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon City Newspaper) Young Innovators: Vibrations can be bad for farmers' backs. June 16, 2017.  Trainee Xiaoke Zeng was also interviewed

• Interview in trade magazine article by Joy Gregory, Farm forum magazine, When Farming hurts. Article on farmers with back pain 

• Research profile in Prairie Swine Centre Web Newsletter, How do you decide if a new technology is going to have a net benefit to your business? March 2017

• Video of Keynote lecture,  It hurts when I do this: Musculoskeletal disorders in veterinary medicine.  Conference of the Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada January 19-21 2017

• Interview in trade magazine article by Lorne McClinton, The Furrow John Deere Tractor Magazine, Healthy farmer 2016.

• Video of FarmGate agricultural news program segment on intervention research for back pain in farmers. October 29, 2016.  

• Video of FarmGate agricultural news program segment on Grand Opening of the Ergonomics Lab at the University of Saskatchewan. May 2016.  (Interview starts at 6:38 on the video) 
• Content Consultant, Back Safety Brochure produced by the Agricultural Health and Safety Network. 12pp. 2014.  
• Video of CBC Saskatoon Evening News segment on Farm Machinery Safety. July 25 2014. 
• Video of FarmGate agricultural news program segment on musculoskeletal risk factors in farmers.  July 5 2014.  
• Research profile in Research for Health, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Annual Magazine.  Strengthening the Backbone of the Province. 2014 
• Interview in newspaper article by Jonathan Charlton (2014) Farmers a special case in back pain, study finds Saskatoon Star Phoenix. February 2014.  
• Interview in newspaper article by Ray Baynton  (2014) Many Farmers have Chronic Back Pain Blackburn News.com February 14, 2014) 
• Letter to the Editor in newspaper by Trask, C. Koehncke, N. Normalizing Dangerous Practices Western Producer May 29, 2014 
• Interview in article by Neil Billinger Study looks at preventing farm injuries. Farm Credit Canada Newsletter, March 22, 2013. 
• Interview in newspaper article by Diane Rogers   Farm Work Spurs Health Research. Western Producer, April 11, 2013. 
• Video of Research profile by Bob Simpson for Farmgate, agricultural news program segment. Aired March 24, 2013 10:00-11:00.  
• Video of interview on CTV Morning Live, Live television interview for Saskatoon’s morning news show. Aired March 15, 2013 08:00-08:20.   
• Audio of radio interview by Bruce Cochrane  Injury Prevention in Pig Barns. FarmScape, Radio Show. 2013. 
• Interview in newspaper article by William DeKay (2012) Worker injuries bite into pork production profits. Western Producer, November 29, 2012.