BCIRPU Director Dr. Shelina Babul has received a 2025 Certificate of Merit Award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME). This award celebrates faculty members across Canada who have made significant contributions to Canadian medical education. CAME is a national association that promotes, advances, and recognizes excellence across the continuum of medical education in Canada.

Dr. Babul has been instrumental in standardizing concussion care provincially, nationally, and internationally. This includes the integration of concussion education into the University of British Columbia’s medical school curriculum, which came into effect in 2022. Recently, she contributed to the development of the new BC clinical practice guideline for concussion and mild traumatic brain injury, which was released in the fall of 2024.

In 2013, Dr. Babul created the Concussion Awareness Training Tool, a comprehensive resource with free concussion education modules for health care professionals, coaches, school professionals, parents and caregivers, athletes, workers and their employers, and those who work with survivors of intimate partner violence. Since 2018, more than 150,000 people worldwide have completed CATT training, and cattonline.com receives, on average, more than 100,000 visits a year from around the world.  

“I am deeply honoured to receive this award,” said Dr. Babul. “Improving concussion care requires a multifaceted approach to ensure timely and appropriate treatment. Equipping physicians, medical students, and residents with the knowledge to diagnose and treat concussions is essential in preventing long-term consequences and improving patients’ quality of life.”

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