Members
N3 Faculty and Staff
Program Leader:
Dr. Adam Kirton
Dr. Kirton is a pediatric neurologist and clinician-scientist based at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. He leads the Calgary Pediatric Stroke Program research team, which runs the university’s most established non-invasive neurostimulation clinical research program, and is a member of ACHRI and the HBI.
Co-leader:
Dr. Alexander McGirr
Dr. McGirr is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He uses brain imaging and optogenetic studies to understand cellular and network level changes to develop novel treatment strategies, as well as conduct clinical studies to investigate the therapeutic effects of non-invasive neurostimulation techniques in depressed patients.
Staff Scientists:
Liu Shi Gan, PhD
Liu Shi manages the TMS labs in the PCAN lab and Foothills Medical Center, focusing on applications of TMS and tES in adult movement disorders. Research interests include neural stimulation and modulation techniques for rehabilitation and restoration of loss function due to neurological disorders.
Contact: lsgan [at] ucalgary.ca
James Wrightson, PhD
James manages the TMS labs at the Alberta Children's Hospital, focusing on applications of TMS and tES in pediatric neurological and mental health disorders. Research interests are in the development, refinement, and application of non-invasive brain stimulation paradigms to examine the neural correlates of motor control and function in health and disease
Contact: james.wrightson [at] ucalgary.ca