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Vanessa Noonan, Director of Research & Best Practice Implementation
Research

Dr. Vanessa Noonan Part of Team Leading $24 Million Project to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

January 26, 2022
“Praxis is thrilled to be part of this international team developing a new way to treat spinal cord injury, which hopefully can…
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2021 Highlights collage
Stories

2021 Year In Review

December 14, 2021
Together with our partners in the spinal cord injury community, Praxis accomplished many of our goals in 2021 to improve quality of…
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Abilitech writing support
Innovation

In conversation with Praxis SCI Accelerate cohort member Abilitech Medical

October 21, 2021
AbilitechTM Medical Founder, President & CEO, Angie Zavoral Conley talks with us about the “wheelchair for the arms,” a new standard of…
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Innovation

In conversation with Praxis SCI Accelerate cohort member Human in Motion Robotics

October 15, 2021
HMR Founder and President Dr. Siamak Arzanpour and Chloe Angus, Director of Human Centred Design and User Engagement, talk with us about…
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Corien Staels
Innovation

In conversation with Praxis SCI Accelerate cohort member WheelAir

September 23, 2021
WheelAir Founder and Managing Director Corien Staels talks with us about a new technology for wheelchair seating that improves user wellbeing by…
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Parag Gad
Innovation

In conversation with Praxis SCI Accelerate cohort member SpineX

September 21, 2021
SpineX Co-Founder and CEO Parag Gad talks with us about SCONE™, a noninvasive neuromodulation technology that leverages cutting-edge laboratory research to aid…
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Stories

World SCI Day 2021

September 1, 2021
September 5 marks World SCI Day, a day to observe and increase awareness of spinal cord injury (SCI). We asked Praxis CEO…
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Richard Peter
Stories

Celebrating the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with Praxis Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison, Richard Peter

August 27, 2021
Praxis Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison, Richard Peter is a fierce advocate for improving health outcomes for Indigenous Canadians living with spinal cord injury.…
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Stories

Doug Brown Shifts Paradigms in the World of Spinal Cord Injury

August 18, 2021
For Doug Brown, 2021 marks the end of his second term on the Board of Directors for Praxis Spinal Cord Institute. It…
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Stories

Jerome So Knows About Giving Back

July 6, 2021
Jerome So completes his second term on the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Board of Directors this June. With a toolkit of community-based…
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Diana Tindall in her Vancouver garden
Stories

Diana Tindall: Dedicated Evaluator Honoured With 2021 Service To CES Award

June 7, 2021
Diana Tindall: Dedicated Evaluator Honoured With 2021 Service To CES Award.
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Innovation

In conversation with Joanna Stanicka, AXONIS Therapeutics

February 12, 2021
AXONIS Therapeutics CEO & Co-Founder Joanna Stanicka, PhD, talks with us about restoring movement in paralyzed patients after spinal cord injury (SCI)…
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