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Dr. Soheila Karimi |
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Dr. Soheila Karimi |
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Soheila Karimi, BSc,
MSc, PhD Assistant
Professor in Physiology and Biochemistry and Medical
Genetics Dr. Karimi received her PhD degree in Neuroscience from the University of Saskatchewan in 2001. She then undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury and Stem Cell Research at the Toronto Western Research Institute. During her graduate and postdoctoral training, Dr. Karimi received a number of research awards including postdoctoral fellowships from the CIHR, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In 2006, she was the recipient of the prestigious Synthes Award from The American Association of Neurological Surgeons in USA for her work on spinal cord injury and neural stem cell therapy. In 2007, Dr. Karimi joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto as an adjunct Assistant Professor until 2009 when she moved to the University of Manitoba. Dr. Karimi has had a long term interest in spinal cord repair and regeneration with a special focus on the application of neural stem cells for the treatment of spinal cord injury. Current research in her neuroscience laboratory has focused on regenerative medicine strategies to therapeutically optimize the application of neural stem cells for tissue regeneration and recovery of function after spinal cord injury. Her laboratory is physically located within the newly constructed state of the art Regenerative Medicine Program at the University of Manitoba. Karimi's program is affiliated with the Neuroscience and Spinal Cord Injury Division of the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. Academic Background:
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