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 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: Shudong.Zhang@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-5312
