SCRC researchers receive the 2012 Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund and HSC Foundation Awards

Congratulations go out to Drs. Eftekhar Eftekharpour and Soheila Karimi on their receiving the:

Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund (one year funding)
Dr. Eftekharpour’s project titled “Pharmacokinetic Characterization of a Novel Neuroprotective Protein.”
Dr. Soheila Karimi’s project titled “Developing bio-engineered scaffolds of neural stem cells and growth factors for spinal cord injury repair.”

HSC Foundation (two year funding)
Dr. Eftekharpour’s project titled “Investigation of a novel antioxidative approach for the treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.”
Dr. Soheila Karimi’s project titled “Investigating the inhibitory influence of glial scar-associated factors on the regenerative properties of multipotent spinal progenitors in a clinically relevant model of spinal cord injury.”