Brain Injury & Repair - Brain Injury Research - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Brain injury is a disruption in the normal function of the brain and encompasses many conditions including stroke, concussion and traumatic brain injury. Our researchers have made great strides in understanding the fundamental science underlying these conditions with respect to how certain events lead to brain injury and the ways in which neurons are impaired after the brain is injured. Another important avenue of research is exploring treatments and therapies that could improve rewiring of the brain in order to facilitate recovery from these injuries.

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Together, we are working to improve the lives of all Canadians by developing innovative strategies to treat and manage brain injuries, and to advance brain health across the lifespan.

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Learn more about the clinical and foundational scientists who are studying brain injury and repair.

Name and Contact Info	Title	Research Interests
Khaled Abdelrahman khaled.abdelrahman@ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Alzheimer’s disease, GPCRs, Glutamate, neurovascular coupling, cerebral blood flow, neuropharmacology, neuroglia
Mohsen Akbari makbari@uvic.ca	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria
Shelina Babul sbabul@bcchr.ca	Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	concussion , mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Phil Barker phil.barker@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, UBCO	neurodegenerative disease, cancer, neurotrophin, cytokine signalling, cell death
Craig Brown brownc@uvic.ca	Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria
Brian Christie brain64@uvic.ca	Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria	hippocampus, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, exercise, mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, fragile-x syndrome, prenatal ethanol exposure, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, depression
Maggie Clarke mdclarke@sfu.ca	Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechatronics Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University	Magnetoencephalography (MEG), development, epilepsy
Peter Cripton peter.cripton@ubc.ca	Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
Max Cynader cynader@brain.ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	ophthalmology, neuroplasticity, neurodegeneration, Huntington disease, stroke, glaucoma, nervous system
Ryan D’Arcy ryan@healthtechconnex.com	Affiliate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	systems neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, neurotechnology, neuroplasticity
Janice Eng janice.eng@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	stroke, neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, physical therapy
Thalia Field	Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	stroke, clinical trials, cerebral venous thrombosis, cerebral small vessel disease, cognition, risk stratification, patient-centred outcomes
Dean Foti deanfoti@gmail.com	Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Kendra Furber kendra.furber@unbc.ca	Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia	neurodevelopment, aging, myelination, oligodendrocyte, multiple sclerosis
Deanna L. Gibson deanna.gibson@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, UBCO
Ilker Hacihaliloglu ilker.hacihaliloglu@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Artificial intelligence, machine learning, ultrasound imaging, image-guided surgery, computer-aided diagnostics, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, traumatic brain injury, brain health, liver and lung disease, endometriosis
Ghassan Hamarneh hamarneh@sfu.ca	Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University	medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, neuroimaging, medical computer vision
Brett Hilton bhilton@icord.org	Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	axon regeneration, central nervous system, circuit, plasticity, spinal cord, spinal cord injury
Ryan Hoiland ryan.hoiland@ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	acute brain injury, cerebrovascular, neuromonitoring, neuroinflammation
Tao Huan thuan@chem.ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UBC	bioinformatics, systems biology, Alzheimer disease, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolomics
Judy Illes jilles@mail.ubc.ca	Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	neuroethics, neurotechnology, neuroimaging, neurodegeneration, dementia, regenerative medicine
Wilfred Jefferies wilf@msl.ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
David Kaplan dkaplan@sickkids.ca	Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Shannon Kolind shannon.kolind@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	MRI, multiple sclerosis
Sarah Kraeutner sarah.kraeutner@ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, UBCO
Brian Kwon brian.kwon@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	spinal cord injury
Cornelia Laule corree@physics.ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	MRI, multiple sclerosis, neurodegeneration, neuropathology, spinal cord injury
David Li david.li@ubc.ca	Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Associate Member Medicine (Neurology), Faculty of Medicine, UBC	multiple sclerosis, MRI, clinical trials
Teresa Liu-Ambrose teresa.ambrose@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	aging, cognition, clinical trial, spinal cord injury, hip health, falls prevention
Erin MacMillan erin.macmillan@ubc.ca	Philips MR Clinical Scientist, UBC MRI Research Centre	magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Joanne Matsubara joanne.matsubara@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	neurodegeneration, Retina, Eye, Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease, Neuroinflammation, Glia Activation, Drug Discovery, Gene Treatment
Freda Miller freda.miller@msl.ubc.ca	Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Medical Genetics, UBC
Steven Miller steven.miller@cw.bc.ca	Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Neonatal Neurology, White Matter Injury, Stroke, Preterm Birth, Congenital Heart Disease, Hypoxia-Ischemia, MRI, DTI
Majid Mohajerani mohajerani@uleth.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
Hakima Moukhles	Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Tim Murphy tim.murphy@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	stroke, depression, neuroplasticity, imaging, foundational science
Tim O’Connor timothy.oconnor@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	developmental neuroscience, basic science
William Panenka will.panenka@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	concussion, traumatic brain injury, addiction and mental health
Jacqueline Quandt jquandt@pathology.ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Scott Ramsay scott.ramsay@ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC	acquired brain injury, traumatic brain injury, concussion
Alexander Rauscher rauscher@physics.ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	fMRI, MRI, developmental neuroscience, imaging, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, concussion, traumatic brain injury
Mypinder Sekhon	Clinical Assistant Professor	Hypoxic ischemic brain injury, cerebral blood flow, brain oxygenation, traumatic brain injury, multimodal neuromonitoring
Thiviya Selvanathan thiviya.selvanathan@cw.bc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia	neonatal neurology, newborn, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, hypoxic ischemic brain injury, prematurity, white matter injury, neurodevelopment, child development, neuroimaging, MRI, connectome
Dena Shahriari dena.shahriari@ubc.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Optogenetics, Traumatic nerve repair, Neural interfaces, Bioelectronics, Tissue engineering, Spinal cord injury
Noah Silverberg noah.silverberg@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, UBC
Terrance Snutch snutch@msl.ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, developmental neuroscience, basic science
Paul Summers paul_summers@sfu.ca	Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechatronics, Simon Fraser University	MRI flow quantification, angiography, spine imaging, fMRI
Leigh Anne Swayne lswayne@uvic.ca	Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria	neuroplasticity, neurite growth, neurodevelopment, ion channels, receptor trafficking
Jack Taunton jack.taunton@ubc.ca	Professor Emeritus, Division of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Wolfram Tetzlaff tetzlaff@icord.org	Professor, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, UBC
Anthony Traboulsee t.traboulsee@ubc.ca	Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	neuromyelitis optica (NMO), MRI, MS-CCSVI, clinical trials, multiple sclerosis
Paul van Donkelaar paul.vandonkelaar@ubc.ca	Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBCO	concussion, intimate partner violence, sensorimotor control, cerebrovascular physiology
Naznin Virji-Babul naznin.virji-babul@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	traumatic brain injury, mTBI, mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, imaging , developmental neuroscience, cognition
Yu Tian Wang ytwang@brain.ubc.ca	Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	neuroplasticity, stroke, epilepsy, foundational science
Alexander Weber aweber@bcchr.ca	Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Cheryl Wellington cheryl.wellington@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	Alzheimer disease, dementia, metabolism, cardiovascular system, neurodegeneration, concussion, traumatic brain injury
Christopher West chris.west@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Okanagan	spinal cord injury, autonomic nervous system
Stephanie Willerth willerth@uvic.ca	Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria