Funding
Research Funding 2023
Principal Investigator: George Robertson
Co-Principal Investigator: Sean Christie
Knowledge Translation/ Brain Repair Centre
Alginate hydrogel formulation of Ru265 for the treatment of spinal cord injury.
2023-2025
$35,000
Principal Investigator: Rainham, Daniel
Co-applicant: Sean Christie
NSERC Alliance
Climate Crisis: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of surgical
procedures and hospital operations.
2023-2025
$470,500
Principal Investigator: Sean Christie
Abbvie
M16-077: Elezanumab in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
2020-2023
$367,632
Principal Investigator: Sean Christie
Department of Surgery
Healthcare in a Climate Crisis: Surveying Knowledge and Attitudes of Moving to a High Quality, Low Carbon System in Nova Scotia
2021-2023
$30,000
Principal Applicant: Dr. Fiona Miller
Partner Applicant: Sean Christie
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Project CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis)
2021-2025
$6,000,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Farhad Pirouzmand
Co-Investigator: Sean Christie
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism in Severe Traumatic Brain injury (PROTEST): A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
2019 - 2023
$742,000
Principal Investigator: Farhad Pirouzmand
Co-applicant: Sean Christie
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Anticoagulation Therapy Timing in Atrial Fibrillation after Chronic Subdural Hematoma External Drainage
2021-2023
$520,788
Principle Investigator: Dr. Jeremy Brown
Co-Principle Investigator: Sean Christie
Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
An Ultrasound Endoscope for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
2022-2024
$99,999
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sonja McVeigh
Co-Investigator: Sean Christie
Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
Plasma Melatonin Levels After Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Individuals with Complete and Incomplete Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
2019 - 2023
$25,000
Principal Investigator: Alon Friedman
Clinical Site Investigator: David B. Clarke
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Microvascular Pathology as a Therapeutic Target for Epilepsy
2022-2027
$849,150
Principal Investigator: David B. Clarke
Department of Surgery Operational Grant
A Data-Driven Approach for Traumatic Brain Injury Phenotyping: Defining Clinical, Laboratory and Radiological Features Predictive of Traumatic Brain Injury-Associated Mental Health
2022-2023
$11,726.00
Principal Investigator: Nelofar Kureshi
Co-Investigators: David B. Clarke
Mitacs Accelerate
Geospatial and Machine Learning Methods for Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention and Outcome Prediction in Nova Scotia
2022-2025
$90,000
Principle Investigator: Jeff Brubacher
Co-Investigators: David B. Clarke and several others
Transport Canada, Enhanced Safety Transfer Payment Program (ERSTPP)
Monitoring Impaired Driving in Canada
2021-2023
$1,416,770
Principle Investigator: Steven Beyea
Co-Applicant: David B. Clarke
INOVAIT National Network
INOVAIT Grant
2022-2024
$1,400,000
Principal Investigator: David B. Clarke
Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
A Data-Driven Model of Mental Healthcare Utilization in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
2022-2024
$42,744.80
Principal Investigator: David B. Clarke
Department of Health Promotion and Protection
An Investigation of the Health and Economic Outcomes of Alcohol-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Nova Scotia
2013-2024
$20,000
Principal Investigator: Jeff Brubacher
Co-Investigators: David B. Clarke
Health Canada (Canada Substance Use and Addictions Program)
Monitoring and Preventing Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada
2019-2024
$1,361,356
Principle Investigator: Jeffrey Brubach
Co-Investigators: David B. Clarke and several others
Transport Canada,
Monitoring drug impaired driving in Canada through toxicological analyses of injured drivers
2023-2025
$1,539,000
Principle Investigator: Alon Friedman
Co-Investigators: David B. Clarke and several others
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction,
INOVAIT - Diagnosis and Treatment of Blood Brain Barrier Leakage in Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
2023-2028
$887,400
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Weeks
Canadian Cancer Society Atlantic Oncology Grant
The Role of Plasma EVS in Glioblastoma Progression
2021-2023
$150,000
Principle Investigator: Melanie Keats
Co-Applicant: Adrienne Weeks and several others
Atlantic Canadian Cancer Society
The Impact of Resistance Exercise on Muscle Mass in Glioblastoma Survivors
2021-2023
$150,000
Co-Applicant: Adrienne Weeks
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Precision Guided Ultrasound Ablation of Brain Tumours: A Longitudinal Pre-Clinical Study Using a Newly Developed Platform
2022-2027
$156,000
Co-Principal Investigator: Adrienne Weeks
Terry Fox Miracle of Hope
Investigating Serial Plasma Extracellular Vesicles in High-Grade Astrocytoma
2022-2024
$430,000
Principle Investigator: Adrienne Weeks
NSHA DOS Award
Department of Surgery Basic Science Award
2023
$15,000
Co-Applicant: Adrienne Weeks
TFRI MOH
Terry Fox Miracle of Hope Low Grade Glioma Study
2023-2026
$1,200,000
Co-Applicant: Adrienne Weeks
DMRF
DMRF Equipment Grant
2023
$30,000
Principle Investigator: Stephen Lownie
Department of Surgery
The Effects of Intraoperative Tranexamic Acid on Perioperative Bleeding in Craniotomies
2023
$50,000
Principle Investigator: Lutz Weise
Nova Scotia Health Research Fund
Combining Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) and Machine-Learning enhanced
intraoperative (XT) guided Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to improve efficiency and patient comfort
2023
$90,000
Principle Investigator: Lutz Weise
QEII Foundation
Correlation of Tractography and Motor Evoked Potentials in Deep Brain Stimulation
2023
$20,832.02