UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury
A new multidisciplinary team—named Mend the Gap—is working on a novel approach that may someday help people with spinal cord injury. The Mend the Gap team recently received $24 million from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Transformation stream to investigate using biomaterials—and soft gels in particular—to heal the injury.
Faculty Spotlight – Dena Shahriari
Meet Dr. Dena Shahriari, an Assistant Professor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and UBC School of Biomedical Engineering. She leads the BioAugmentative Interfaces Laboratory at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her research lives at the intersection of materials science, electrical engineering, and medicine.
UBC Orthopaedics welcomes Dr. Dena Shahriari
The Department of Orthopaedics, ICORD, and the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) welcomes Dr. Dena Shahriari to our growing team of talented faculty members looking to make an impact on global health and healthcare. Dr. Shahriari’s passion in research lies in the intersection of biomaterials, optoelectronic devices, and neuroscience. As a biomaterials scientist and […]