Current Studies
Traumatic Brain Injury and Violence: Reducing the risks, improving the outcomes (CIHR Strategic Teams in Applied Injury Research)
Nominated principal investigator
- Michael Cusimano, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital
Core co-investigators
- Blaine Hoshizaki, University of Ottawa
- Robert Mann, University of Toronto, CAMH
- Tom Schweizer, St. Michael's Hospital
- David Wolfe, University of Western Ontario, CAMH
Co-investigators
- Mark Asbridge, Dalhousie University
- Shree Bhalerao, St. Michael's Hospital
- David Clarke, Dalhousie University
- Angela Colantonio, Toronto Rehab
- Paul Comper, University of Toronto
- Wendy Cukier, Ryerson University
- Jim Cullen, CAMH
- David Delay, University of Toronto
- Peter Donnelly, University of Toronto
- Simon Graham, Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto
- Jeff Hoch, University of Toronto
- Stephen Hwang, St. Michael's Hospital
- Claus Rinner, Ryerson University
- Eric Roy, University of Waterloo
- Aron Shlonsky, University of Toronto
- Charles Tator, Toronto Western Hospital
- Lorne Tepperman, University of Toronto
- Jane Topolovec-Vranic, St. Michael's Hospital
- Donald Voaklander, University of Alberta
Community groups
The team will disseminate findings to parents, health care workers, community service providers, NGOs, public health agencies, government and media, using a variety of websites and newsletters supported by the affiliated institutions and end-users listed below. Some of the individual projects will hold focus groups with end-users to help translate research outcomes into practice.
- Think First Canada
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- Catholic Family Services
- Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto
- Safe Kids Canada
- Smart Risk Canada
- Safe Communities Canada
- Assembly of First Nations
- Morning Sky Health & Wellness Society
- Ontario Brain Injury Association
- Ontario Public Health Association
- Mission-ITECH Hockey
- Reebok
- Toronto Public Health
Funders
- Strategic Teams in Applied Injury Research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
We would like to sincerely thank all our community-based supporters, collaborators and service providers listed below.
- Covenant House
- Michael Gilchrist, University College, Dublin
- Claude Goulet, Université Laval
- Byron Moldofsky, University of Toronto
- Brent Hagel, University of Calgary
- Jon Ween, Baycrest Hospital
- Larry Svenson, Alberta Health and Wellness, Public Health Division
Research staff
Research Assistant: Andreea Andrei, BA (Hons)
Andreea Andrei is a research assistant with a background in psychology and law. She is interested in determining what neuropsychological changes occur following traumatic brain injury and whether any environmental conditions precipitate injury. She is currently involved in recruiting and testing patients with traumatic brain injury along with the preparation of ethics proposals and various manuscripts. Additionally, Andrei will be helping with the coordination of a couple of projects looking at concussion in athletes and intersection injury rates.
Email: AndreiA@smh.ca
Tel: (416) 864-5312
Research Assistant: Nadia Khan, B.Sc (Hons)
Nadia Khan is a research assistant with a background in life sciences and journalism. Her passion for neuroscience and keen interest in biomedical engineering has led her to work for the Injury Prevention Research office, and she is currently involved in numerous projects related to risk factors and prognoses subsequent to traumatic brain injuries. As part of the TBI and Violence in Vulnerable Groups project, she will be recruiting study participants, administering neuropsychological tests, and conducting in-depth interviews. She will also assist in data analysis, manuscript preparation, and the supervision of summer students.
Email: KhanMa@smh.ca
Tel: (416) 864-5312
Research Assistant: Emily Lam, MSc
Emily Lam is a research assistant with a background and strong interest in neuroscience. Her research focus is on investigating whether alterations in saccades in patients with mild TBI or post-concussion syndrome implicate changes in brain structure and function. She will be recruiting patients as well as administering questionnaires and neuropsychological tests for this project. In addition, she is coordinating and reporting on the TBI and Society team meetings. Lam is also assisting with the preparation of manuscripts and grants, Research Ethics Board applications, and supervising students.
Email: LamEmi@smh.ca
Tel: (416) 864-5312
Research Assistant: Hatty Wong, B.Sc (Hons)
Hatty Wong is a research assistant with a background in psychology. With a strong interest in discovering the impact brain injuries have on one’s neuropsychological functioning, her main involvement in The Injury Prevention Research Office entails, recruiting, administering neuropsychological assessments and conducting interviews with participants for the TBI and violence in vulnerable groups project. Additionally, Wong is also assisting with acquiring data for the GIS project, manuscript write-ups, supervising summer students, assisting with the organization of the 2012 Outcomes following Concussions in Hockey (OuCH) Conference and Research Ethics Board (REB) renewals.
Email: WongHoi@smh.ca
Tel: (416) 864-5312
Research Coordinator : Stanley Zhang, BM, CRA
Stanley Zhang is a research coordinator with our team and has been involved in the administration of daily research activities and management of various projects of the IPRO. In addition to supervising research assistants and students, he is managing various datasets, preparing and renewing Research Ethics Board applications, and coordinating research studies. He will also be involved in identifying and recruiting study participants as well as conducting open ended interviews and administering neuropsychological tests. In addition, Zhang will be assisting the research team in developing new grant applications and preparing manuscripts.
Email:
zhangsh@smh.ca
Tel: (416) 864-5312
