The SCRC would like to congratulate Drs. Stecina and Jordan on their success in obtaining a five year CIHR Project Grant. This will be Dr. Stecina’s first CIHR grant with many more to come! Well done! CIHR Project Grant: “Identifying the contribution of serotonergic brainstem neurons and their spinal relays to locomotor activity and sensory-motor […]
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Among the nine University of Manitoba research projects to receive a combined total of $1.3 million in funding this year from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, is the Human Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre for Health, Balance and Motor Control being developed by SCRC researchers Dr. Kristine Cowley and Dr. […]
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The SCRC would like to congratulate Dr. Soheila Karimi in her success as one of 14 recipients (and only one in Manitoba) of a three-year national Multiple Sclerosis Society Operating Research Grant. The grant was part of the 2017-2018 Annual Research Competition, and provides $358,321.00 in funding for her project entitled: “Role and therapeutic potential […]
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The SCRC would like to congratulate Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour for his award of a $150,000 (US) research grant from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, for his project “Increasing Neuroprotection and Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury.”
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Scott Dyck, PhD student in Dr. Soheila Karimi’s laboratory, receives the Most Promising Student Award from Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) in 2017 (above) and speaks about his research in spinal cord injury (right) at the LSAM Gala at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on February 15, where he was invited to present his work […]
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