Julie N. Côté

Julie N. Côté joined uOttawa in September 2025 as a full professor of biomechanics at the School of Human Kinetics. Before her arrival here, she had a long and distinguished career at McGill University. There, she served as an assistant, associate and full professor as well as holding several leadership positions, including chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (2016 to 2022).

Côté’s research focuses on the biomechanics of repetitive movements in sports or at work. It seeks to provide a better understanding of adaptations to fatigue and injury development according to sex, age, capacity and level of expertise. For this work, industry stakeholders and international partners are serving as funders and collaborators. Côté has published over a hundred scholarly articles and given countless presentations in many different countries.

Professor Côté is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

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• Biomechanics
• Ergonomics
• Athletic performance
• Fatigue
• Electromyography
• Co-ordination analysis
• Sex- and gender-based analysis 

Professor Côté’s research focuses on the biomechanics of repetitive movements in sports or at work, with special emphasis on repetitive upper limb movements associated with fatigue and injuries in the neck–shoulder area. Her projects seek to provide a better understanding of adaptations to fatigue and injury development according to sex, age, capacity and level of expertise. Working closely with her students, research collaborators, partners and knowledge users (workers, athletes, coaches, industry partners), she is designing and modifying new technologies so she can measure precisely how the human body moves and adapts to fatigue, pain and injury.

See Julie Côté’s publications on Google Scholar or ORCID.