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Peter Stys

M.D.

Positions

Professor - Medicine

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Full Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-8646

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1980

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of Ottawa, 1984

Research

Areas of Research

Dementia & Cognitive Disorders
Movement Disorders
Multiple Sclerosis
Spinal Cord / Nerve Injury & Pain
Activities

Understanding normal physiology and cellular/molecular injury mechanisms of axons, myelin and glial cells in the mammalian nervous system. These insights will drive the development for more effective therapies for common and debilitating disorders such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, brain trauma and stroke.

Our lab utilizes diverse advanced laser-scanning microscopy methods, many of which are custom-designed and built, biochemical techniques and electrophysiology to investigate axon function and injury mechanisms. 

Awards

  • Royal Society, 2014
  • award, 2013
  • award, 2012
  • award, 2011
  • Medical Research Scientist, 2007