KEYNOTE:
PROF Eamonn DelahunT

PRESENTING: SATURDAY 17TH JULY, 2021 

PRESENTATION TITLE: Implementing the 2019 model of Chronic Ankle Instability in clinical practice.

BIO:
Eamonn Delahunt is a Professor in the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. 

Professor Delahunt is a first-class honours, first place in class, UCD BSc (Physiotherapy) graduate (2003). Upon graduation he was the first-ever BSc (Physiotherapy) graduate to receive a prestigious Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) post-graduate research scholarship. He was awarded his PhD from the UCD School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science in 2006. 

Professor Delahunt has extensive clinical experience having previously worked as a Chartered Physiotherapist in ExWell Medical in both part-time (2003 - 2006; 2007 - 2009) and full-time (2006 - 2007) capacities. 

Professor Delahunt is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading academic sports physiotherapist. Professor Delahunt has published >110 peer-reviewed articles. He is leading and/or senior author on more than 70% of these. More than 10% of his peer-reviewed articles have been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, which is the #1 ranked journal in the Sport Sciences section of the Journal Citation Reports; it has a current impact factor = 7.867.

Professor Delahunt is a Senior Associate Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the #1 ranked journal in the Sport Sciences section of the Journal Citation Reports. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, which is the #8 ranked journal in the Sport Sciences section of the Journal Citation Reports; it has a current impact factor = 3.929. Additionally, he is also an editorial board member of Journal of Athletic Training, which is the #30 ranked journal in the Sport Sciences section of the Journal Citation Reports; it has a current impact factor = 2.319. He is also an academic editor of PeerJ, which is an open access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences; it has a current impact factor = 2.118.