Grants & Fellowships
Michael Fehlings (NeurSurg) was awarded two grants
from the Spinal Cord Injury Solutions Network / Rick
Hansen Foundation for his work on: 1. "From research
to clinic, the translational step with functional magnetic
resonance imaging of the human spinal cord; and 2.
"Economic evaluation of early surgical decompression
for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury".
Michael was also selected to receive the "Outcomes
Award" from the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of
the Spine and Peripheral Nerves for his paper entitled
"Key predictors of outcome in patients undergoing
surgical treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy:
Analysis of a prospective multicenter study in 285
patients with a 1 year follow-up".
Michael also received an award from the Cervical
Spine Research Society for his project entitled "Economic
impact of early surgical decompression after traumatic
cervical SCI: Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses
using Ontario-based health costing data".
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Paul Marks (OrthSurg) with co-PI Caroline Hoemann,
Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, have received a strategic
NSERC grant of $450,000 over 3 three years for their
study entitled "Restoration of joint function through
subchondral delivery of therapeutics".
Markku Nousiainen (OrthSurg) has received the 2008
Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy award, sponsored
by Angiotech, for his project entitled "Training
femoral neck screw insertion skills to surgical trainees:
Computer assisted surgery versus conventional fluoroscopic
technique".
Mitesh Badiwala (CardSurg Resident) has been awarded
the Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship and the
Chisholm Memorial Fellowship, both from the Faculty
of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Gregory Hawryluk (NeurSurg Resident) received a
Resident/Fellow grant from the Cervical Spine Research
Society for his work entitled, "Defining neural precursor
cell-host interactions to optimize repair of traumatic
spinal cord injury".
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