Team Members

IKT team

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

Heather Gainforth

Project Lead

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

 

Kim Anderson

Kim Anderson

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

Peter Athanasopoulos

Peter Athanasopoulos

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

Hugh Anton

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

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

Myron Campbell

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

John Chernesky

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

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

Ian Graham

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

Femke Hoekstra

Femke Hoekstra

Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of British Columbia Okanagan; ICORD

Victoria Claydon

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 Keiser

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

Jocelyn Maffin

Manager, BC SCI Resource Centre, Spinal Cord Injury BC

Kathleen Martin Ginis

Kathleen Martin Ginis

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

Chris McBride

Chris McBride

Executive Director, Spinal Cord Injury BC

Lowell McPhail

Lowell McPhail

Former Managing Director, ICORD

Nancy Thorogood

Managing Director, ICORD

Ben Mortenson

Ben Mortenson

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

Vanessa Noonan

Vanessa Noonan

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

Gayle Scarrow

Gayle Scarrow

Director, Knowledge Translation, Michael Smith Health Research BC

Lee Schaefer

Lee Schaefer

Associate Professor, The University of Saskatchewan, College of Kinesiology

Kathryn Sibley

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

Shane Sweet

Associate Professor, McGill University

Anita Kothari

Anita Kothari

Professor, Western University

Christopher West

Christopher West

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

Rhonda Willms

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

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

Emily Giroux

PhD Student, Kinesiology; MSc, Health and Exercise Sciences

Michael Kennefick

PhD; Business Development Specialist, Mitacs

Yasaman Lotifizadeh

Yasaman Lotfizadeh

MA, Digital Arts and Humanities Student; MA, Graphic Design

Rhyann McKay

Rhyann McKay

PhD Candidate, Kinesiology

Alanna Shwed

Alanna Shwed

PhD Student, Kinesiology; MSc, Kinesiology

Kelsey Wuerstl

Kelsey Wuerstl

PhD Student, Kinesiology; MSc, Kinesiology

Divya Kanwar Bhati

Divya Kanwar Bhati

Research Coordinator, Applied Behaviour Change Lab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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