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#### IOC Research Centres for the Prevention of Injury and Illness

Since 2009, the IOC has supported and partnered with established research centres from around the world to promote the athletes’ health through the prevention of injury and illness. Collaborating closely with these research centres, the IOC aims to further promote and protect the health of athletes by:

*   Establishing long-term research programmes on injury and disease prevention (including underlying studies on epidemiology, risk factors, and mechanisms)
*   Fostering collaborative relationships with individuals, institutions and organisations to improve athletes’ health
*   Implementing applied, ongoing and novel research and development within the framework and long-term strategy of the IOC
*   Setting up knowledge translation mechanisms to share scientific research results with the field throughout the Olympic Movement and sports community and to convert these results into concrete actions to protect the health of the athletes

The IOC Research Centres supported by a four-year-grant for the period 2023-2026 are:

*   **La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre** _ -_ Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), Australia
*   **Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC)** – University of Calgary, Canada
*   **Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen (ISMC) and Sports Orthopaedic Research Centre – Copenhagen (SORC-C)** – Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
*   **French-Speaking Research Network for Athlete Health Protection & Performance (ReFORM)** – National Institute of Sport, Expertise & Performance (INSEP), France; University and University Hospital of Liège, Belgium; Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & Science (LIROMS); National Sport Institute of Quebec, Canada; Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
*   **Yonsei Institute of Sports Science & Exercise Medicine (YISSEM)** – Yonsei University, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Sol Hospital and Korea National Sport University, Republic of Korea
*   **Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports (ACHSS)** – Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands
*   **Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC)** – Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
*   **Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital** – Qatar
*   **Sport, Exercise Medicine & Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI)** – University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University & South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
*   **UK Collaboration Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sports (UKCCIIS)** _–_ University of Edinburgh and University of Bath, Great Britain
*   **United States Coalition for the Prevention of Illness & Injury in Sport** – US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) and The University of Utah, USA