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.

Film MRI ( Magnetic resonance imaging ) of brain ( stroke , brain tumor , cerebral infarction , intracerebral hemorrhage ) ( Medical , Health care , Science Background ) ( Cross section of brain )

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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
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	Associate 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
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
Deanna L. Gibson deanna.gibson@ubc.ca	Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, UBCO
Ilker Hacihaliloglu ilker.hacihaliloglu@ubc.ca	Assistant 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
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
Brian MacVicar brian.macvicar@ubc.ca	Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC	stroke, traumatic brain injury, foundational science
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	Assistant 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
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
Noah Silverberg noah.silverberg@ubc.ca	Assistant 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
Leigh Anne Swayne lswayne@uvic.ca	Associate Professor, Medical Sciences and Associate Director, Centre for Biomedical Research, 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	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria