
Our team at the consensus meeting in Vancouver, November 2019
This project is guided by a North American team of SCI researchers, SCI organizations, people with lived experience of SCI, health professionals, and research funders. Many of our team members play multiple roles within the SCI research system.
We have been awarded two SSHRC Partnership Development Grants, one in March 2019 and one in March 2023. The team is led by Dr. Heather Gainforth and includes 32 co-investigators, 10 collaborators and 7 partner organizations.

Heather Gainforth
Project Lead. Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia Okanagan; Principal Investigator, ICORD; Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar

Kim Anderson
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Staff Scientist, MetroHealth Medical Centre; Investigator, Cleveland FES Center

Peter Athanasopoulos
Senior Manager of Public Policy and Government Relations, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario

Hugh Anton
Clinical Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of British Columbia; Clinical Research Coordinator, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre; Investigator, ICORD

Jasmin Ma
Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia School of Kinesiology. Clinician Investigator, Arthritis Research Canada. Investigator, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries.

Myron Campbell
Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, The University of British Columbia

John Chernesky
Manager, Consumer Engagement Program, Praxis Research Institute

Teren Clarke
Former CEO, Spinal Cord Injury Alberta; Core Committee Member, Strategic Clinical Network for Neuroscience Rehabilitation and Vision, Alberta Health Services; Executive Committee Member, North American SCI Consortium

Susan Forwell
Professor, The University of British Columbia; Department Head, University of British Columbia Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Health; Principal Investigator, ICORD

Ian Graham
Professor, University of Ottawa; Senior Scientist, Centre for Practice-Changing Research

Femke Hoekstra
Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of British Columbia Okanagan; ICORD

Victoria Claydon
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University.Principal Investigator, ICORD. Affiliated Investigator, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

Anita Kaiser
PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto; Research Director, Canadian Spinal Research Organization, Research Trainee, KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network

Jocelyn Maffin
Manager, BC SCI Resource Centre, Spinal Cord Injury BC

Kathleen Martin Ginis
Professor, The University of British Columbia Okanagan; Director, SCI Action Canada; Fellow, National Academy of Kinesiology; Principal Investigator, ICORD

Chris McBride
Executive Director, Spinal Cord Injury BC

Lowell McPhail
Former Managing Director, ICORD

Nancy Thorogood
Managing Director, ICORD

Ben Mortenson
Assistant Professor, The University of British Columbia; Principal Investigator, ICORD

Vanessa Noonan
Director of Research & Best Practice Implementation, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute (formerly Rick Hansen Institute)

Gayle Scarrow
Director, Knowledge Translation, Michael Smith Health Research BC

Lee Schaefer
Associate Professor, The University of Saskatchewan, College of Kinesiology

Kathryn Sibley
Associate Professor, University of Manitoba; Director of the Knowledge Translation Platform, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation; Canada Research Chair in IKT and Rehabilitation Sciences

Shane Sweet
Associate Professor, McGill University

Anita Kothari
Professor, Western University

Christopher West
Assistant Professor, The University of British Columbia; Principal Investigator, ICORD

Rhonda Willms
Medical Manager, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre; Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia; Associate Member, ICORD

Amy Latimer Cheung
Associate Professor, Queen’s University

Barry Munro
Chief Development Officer, Canadian Spinal Research Organization

Katrina Plamondon
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan

Matthew Vis-Dunbar
Data and Digital Scholarship Librarian, UBC Okanagan
Trainees and Staff

Emily Giroux
PhD Student, Kinesiology; MSc, Health and Exercise Sciences

Christina Skinner
MFA; Communications Lead

Alanna Shwed
PhD Kinesiology; MSc, Kinesiology

Parres Holliday
Masters Student (3rd Year)

Lauren Finlay
Masters Student (1st Year)
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