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Spinal Cord/Nerve Injury & Pain

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Spinal cord and nerve injuries are often a consequence of accident or illness and therefore difficult to predict or prevent. The Spinal Cord/Nerve Injury & Pain (SCNIP) team is focused on managing chronic pain, accelerating rehabilitation and translating discoveries into treatments. The team is led by Drs. Tuan Trang and Shalina Ousman. Recent team successes include: being the first in Canada to examine the effectiveness of the early introduction of exoskeletons in rehabilitation; and hosting an annual community engagement event that brings together basic researchers, clinicians, patients, caregivers and other stakeholders to dialogue about the future of nerve injury and pain research.

 

SCNIP team leader:
Team Lead: Dr. Gerald Pfeffer

SCNIP team members:

HBI Members = **

Christophe Altier  **

Farnaz Amoozegar**

Stefanie Anderson

Jeff Biernaskie **

Katie Birnie **

Veronica Bruno **

David Cadotte **

Carlos Camara-Lemarroy **

Steven Casha **

Rebecca Charbonneau **

Ning Cheng**

Tak Ho Chu**

Elizabeth Condliffe **

Colin Dalton **

Darren Derksen **

Richard Dyck **

Brent Edwards

Carolyn Emery**

Fady Girgis**

Bradley Goodyear **

Ashley Harris **

Morley Hollenberg **

Bradley Jacobs

Colleen Geary Joo

Michael Kallos

Zelma Kiss **

Yuta Koro

Art Kuo

Kelly Larkin-Kaiser **

Ranita Manocha**

John Matyas

Sarah McFarlane **

Rajiv Midha **

Jillian Vinall Miller **

Guillaume Millet **

Aleksandra Mineyko **

Lori Montgomery **

Serge Mrkobrada **

Kartik Murari **

Yasmin Nasser

Amir Nezhad **

Melanie Noel **

Vanessa Oliver

Serena Orr **

Shalina Ousman **

Daniel Pang **

Gerald Pfeffer **

Aaron Phillips **

Samuel Pichardo**

Nivez Rasic

Tiffany Rice

Ian Rigby

Janet Ronsky

Paul Salo

Keith Sharkey **

Peter Stys**

Boguslaw Tomanek **

Tuan Trang **

Alexandra Wall

Patrick Whelan **

Richard Wilson **

Svetlana Yanushkevich **

Gerald Zamponi **

SCNIP team contact: gerald.pfeffer@ucalgary.ca

SCNIP trainee contact: Luana Lopes  luana.tenoriolopes@ucalgary.ca