Philip Barber
Positions
Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 210-3881
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Study participants
The PREVENT VCI Study aims to detect the earliest signs of dementia
Our goal is detect early signs of dementia before symptoms develop providing the best opportunity to prevent dementia.
Funding
We are seeking funding for the PREVENT VCI Study from scientific peer reviewed application and from the community
Research partners
The PREVENT VCI and SPIRAL studies are seeking academic and industry partners
Research partners
We are seeking partners in proteomics, genomics, metabolomics and artificial intelligence,
Background
Credentials
MB ChB, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (Ed),
Educational Background
Bach of Med and Surgery Medicine, University of Sheffield, 1991
Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of Sheffield, 2005
Biography
Dr. Barber is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Radiology at the University of Calgary where he is the Director of the Calgary Stroke Prevention Clinic and is a member of the Calgary Stroke Program.
Dr. Barber obtained his Undergraduate Medical Degree from the Sheffield University Medical School in 1991. He completed fellowship training in clinical and experimental stroke research under the mentorship of Dr. Alastair Buchan, and obtained his Doctorate of Medicine Degree from the University of Sheffield, UK in 2005. Dr. Barber is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
His primary research interests include acute stroke evolution, biomarkers and MRI surrogates of cerebrovascular disease and neurodegeneration, and longitudinal case control studies.
He is the Principal Investigator of the Predementia Neuroimaging of Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) (PREVENT VCI Study), which is a prospective, longitudinal, case controlled study designed to determine preclinical detection of dementia in subjects at high risk of the condition many years before it develops. In his research he uses MR neuroimaging, cerebral spinal fluid outcome measures of Alzheimer’s disease to investigate the effects of vascular risk factors and stroke on structural changes of the brain that lead to whole brain and regional brain atrophy in healthy populations and in patients with transient ischemic attack. He is a member of the Vascular Cognitive Impairment Team of Canada’s National Research Strategy for Dementia - The Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration in Aging.
Dr. Barber’s research accomplishments have been recognized by the Canadian Institute of Health Research, Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada with the Henry Barnett Scholarship (2005) and the University of Calgary Innovator Award (2005).
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| BCEM 528 LAB 01 B01 | Independent Studies in BCEM | 2020 |
| MDSC 508 | Honour's Thesis and Research Communication | Winter 2021 |
Projects
Awards
- award, 2016
- award, 2015
- award, 2011
- bursary, 2011
- salary support award, 2011
- award, 2009
- research prize, 2009
- Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical Research Clinical Investigator, 2005
- Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical Research Prize, 2005
- Canadian Institute of Health Research New Investigator, 2005
- Heart Stroke Foundation of Canada New Investigator, 2005
- Henry JM Barnett Research Scholarship award, 2005
- University of Calgary Young Innovator Award, 2005
- EH Burrows Prize, 2002
- Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical Research Fellowship, 2001
- Canadian Stroke Network Fellowship, 2001
- CIHR/HSFC Fellowship Award, 2001
Publications
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