Grants Fund Research to Improve Lives of Those with Spinal Cord Injury
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute announces its latest grant recipients
VANCOUVER, BC – July, 2023 – Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is delighted to announce the allocation of more than $4 million in grant awards to support 33 spinal cord injury (SCI) initiatives across Canada. Projects funded involve SCI translational research and innovation in diagnostics and clinical care as well as supporting the implementation of best practices. This funding supports initiatives by 31 leading researchers that address meaningful priorities to improve quality of life for the SCI community in Canada.
“Praxis plays a major part in translating theory into practical action, improving quality of life for the SCI community. We’re excited to work with our research partners to identify and mobilize clinical best practices across Canada and the world. Acting as a hub, our funding supports a diverse and inclusive portfolio of projects bringing positive impact to clinical and diagnostic care strategies and innovation across the whole SCI pathway.” Bill Barrable, CEO Praxis Spinal Cord Institute
The projects include the continued funding of a National SCI Registry across Canada, SCI resources including a national imaging repository and International SCI Biobank, an international SCI study investigating the clinical management of acute SCI, the development of evidence-based SCI systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines, and commercialization initiatives.
Supporting initiatives across Canada, this funding accelerates research into clinical best practices and innovation for the SCI community, supporting our vision of a world without paralysis following SCI.
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Supplementary Information
- Grant-in-aid to support the implementation of the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR) in Canada
- Other Funding Awards
See below:
Grant-in-aid to support the implementation of the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR) in Canada
| Grant Recipient | Principal Investigator(s) |
| The University of British Columbia | Marcel Dvorak |
| University Health Network | Cathy Craven |
| The Governors of The University of Calgary | Steve Casha |
| The Governors of the University of Alberta | Adalberto Loyola Sanchez |
| Regional Health Authority B | Colleen O’Connell |
| Nova Scotia Health Authority | Sean Christie |
| Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation | Mark Pahuta |
| Lawson Research Institute | Dalton Wolfe Chris Bailey |
| Unity Health Toronto | Henry Ahn |
| Regional Health Authority B | Najmedden Attabib |
| Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal | Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong |
| Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale | Laurent Bouyer Jerome Paquet |
| University of Saskatchewan | Daryl Fourney |
| Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux Nord-de-L’Île-de-Montréal | Dorothy Barthelemy |
| Eastern Regional Health Authority | Andre Engelbrecht |
| Sunnybrook Research Institute | Jeremie Larouche |
| Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Eve Tsai Vidya Sreenivasan |
| University Health Network | Michael Fehlings |
| The University of Manitoba | Perry Dhaliwal |
Other Funding Awards
| Grant Title | Grant Recipient | Principal Investigator(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Building an Image Bank/Repository Customized Portal Software for BIDs and DICOM Image Data Management with Data Collection Tool | The Governors of The University of Calgary | David Cadotte |
| Building an imaging library of acute traumatic spinal cord injury across Canada: spinal cord and lesion morphometry | La Corporation de L’Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal | Julian Cohen-Adad |
| Building an imaging library of acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a RHSCIR sub-study | The University of British Columbia | Brian Kwon |
| Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence (SCIRE) | The University of British Columbia | Janice Eng |
| Developing and Piloting Strategies to Facilitate Implementation of the Canadian Spinal Cord Injury Practice Guideline (Can-SCIP 3 Implementation) | University Health Network | Mark Bayley Cathy Craven |
| Expansion of Spinal Cord Injury Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium (SCI-IEQCC) across Canada | University Health Network | Cathy Craven |
| 2023 Ideation Key Challenge & Health Summit | The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Joseph Ferenbok |
| Spinal Cord Injury Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium (SCI-IEQCC) – Edmonton and Calgary | The Governors of the University of Alberta | Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez |
| Spinal Cord Injury Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium (SCI-IEQCC) – Fredericton and Prince Edward Island | Regional Health Authority B | Colleen O’Connell |
| Spinal Cord Injury Implementation and Evaluation Quality Care Consortium (SCI-IEQCC) – Halifax | Nova Scotia Health Authority | Sonja McVeigh |
| Grant-in-aid to Support the International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank (ISCIB) | The University of British Columbia | Brian Kwon |
| Grant to Enhance the Spinal Cord Injury Network of the Atlantic Provinces (SCINAPS) | Regional Health Authority B | Colleen O’Connell |
| Grant to Establish a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Primary Care Network to Inform Best Practices and Knowledge Translation | McMaster University | James Milligan Joe Lee |
| The Canadian-American Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Monitoring and Biomarker Study (CASPER) | The University of British Columbia | Brian Kwon |
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Praxis is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization that leads global collaboration in spinal cord injury research, innovation and care. We accelerate the translation of discoveries and best practices into improved treatments for people with spinal cord injuries.
