Brain & Nervous System Injury

Central nervous system injuries (e.g., stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury) can lead to a lifetime of physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural changes. At the Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences our physicians carry multidisciplinary research to  better understand the mechanisms of those injuries and treat impacted people.

We explore interventions to reduce neural damage after injuries and to foster recovery using pharmacological and neuroengineering approaches.

Useful keywords: Neurotrauma, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, TBI, Movement Disorders, Cerebro Vascular Diseases, Neuropathy, …

Meet some of our leading researchers:

Researcher	Research Focus	Keywords	Lab / Short Bio
Adrienne Dula	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neurotrauma • Stroke • Imaging	Medical Imaging / Neurology / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Sex Differences
Andrew Gaudet	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroinflammation • Spinal Cord Injury • Biological Clocks • Mood- and Anxiety-like Disorders	Neuroscience / Neuroinflammation / Circadian Rhythms / Behavioral Neuroscience	Gaudet Lab
Cynthia Austin	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) • Concussion/mTBI Technology & Drugs Development • Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment • Telehealth Intervention • Virtual Consultation Clinical Rehabilitation • Cognitive Remediation • Family Problem Solving • Brief Intervention	Pediatric Neuropsychology / Targeted Neuropsychological Assessment / Brain Injury
Esther Melamed	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Neuroimmunology • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • COVID-19 Autoimmunity • Alcohol in Autoimmunity • Neuroinflamammation	Multiple Sclerosis (MS) / Neuroinflamammation / Neuropathy	The Melamed Lab
Hamidreza (Reza) Saber	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Cerebral Aneurysms • Stroke • Brain Vascular Malformations • Subarachnoid/Cerebral Hemorrhage Technology & Drugs Development • Neurointerventional Devices • Machine Learning • Wearable Sensors Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Mechanical thrombectomy / Coiling; Stenting / Data Science / Neurotechnology /
José del R. Millán, Ph.D.	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Motor Learning • Movement Disorders • Neuromodulation • Cognition & Communication • Spinal Cord Injury • Neurotrauma • Stroke • Imaging Technology & Drugs Development • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Wearable Technology and Robotics Clinical Rehabilitation • Neurorehabilitation	Neuroprosthetics / Brain-Machine Interfaces / Neural Engineering / Closed-Loop Neuromodulation/ Exoskeleton & Prosthetics / Rehabilitive and Surgical Robotics / Robot Learning / Human-Robot Interaction / Artificial Intelligence	CNBI Lab
Linda Noble-Haeusslein	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Spinal Cord Injury • Early Age and Adult Traumatic Brain Injury • Early Life Adversity Preclinical Therapeutic Development • Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors • Neutrophil-targeted therapeutics • Enhanced antioxidant status Preclinical Neurorehabilitation • Forced and voluntary exercise	Translational Neuroscience / Rodent / CNS Injury and Repair / Neurotrauma / Matrix Metalloproteinases / Neutrophil / Blood-Brain Barrier / Neurological Recovery / Antioxidant	Noble-Haeusslein Lab website
Sam Racz	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Aging & Neurodegenerative Disorders • Schizophrenia • Stroke • Neuropsychiatric Disorders Technology & Drugs Development • Electrophysiology • Neuromodulation • Brain-Computer Interfaces • Artificial Intelligence	Neural Engineering / Excitation-Inhibition Ratio / Scale-free Neural Dynamics / Network physiology
Steve Warach	Neurological Disorders / Systems • Stroke • Cerebro Vascular Diseases Technology & Drugs Development • Clinical Rehabilitation • Speech & Cognitive Rehabilitation	Imaging / MRI / Thrombectomy / Sex differences in vascular circulation / Tenecteplase/ Alteplase