Deans' stroke musings: UBC Invests $1.5M in National Effort to Fast-Track Stroke Recovery Research

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, September 18, 2015

UBC Invests $1.5M in National Effort to Fast-Track Stroke Recovery Research

If you know any of these people ask them what strategy they are following. Winging it is not a strategy. They should have a defined set of questions they want answers to and are funding research to find those answers. It's incredibly simple but no one in stroke seems to be following that. Emails and phones for YOU to follow up with. Pay it forward, ask the hard questions.

UBC Invests $1.5M in National Effort to Fast-Track Stroke Recovery Research

The University of British Columbia has joined the Heart and Stroke Foundation and six leading academic research groups to build an international powerhouse in stroke recovery research, research leaders announced today at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
UBC's investment of $1.5 million over three years in the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery will accelerate the development of new therapies for people living with stroke disability.
"The University of British Columbia brings incredible clinical and basic biomedical strength in stroke recovery research," says neuroscientist Dr. Dale Corbett, Scientific Director and CEO of the Partnership and a professor at the University of Ottawa. UBC researchers are leaders in regenerative medicine, brain imaging and neuro-rehabilitation. UBC is also home to the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.
Along with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery includes Baycrest, Toronto Rehab, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Sunnybrook Research Institute and Memorial University of Newfoundland. With UBC's contribution, the partners are collectively investing $5 million a year in stroke recovery research.
"This is great news for the stroke research community and great news for stroke survivors and their caregivers," says David Sculthorpe, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation. "UBC will make our partnership stronger and will further advance world class stroke recovery research."
A recent publication in the journal Stroke forecast an alarming 80-per-cent increase in the next two decades in Canadians disabled by stroke due to the aging population, population growth and increased lifestyle-related risk factors.
To reverse the trend and restore lives, the Partnership supports innovative and collaborative research to find new approaches to recovery - for example, technologies like robotics, novel drug treatments, cell therapies, brain stimulation and tele-rehabilitation. The Partnership is seeking additional funding to mobilize large-scale clinical trials to test new technologies and therapies.
According to recent research, the number of people living with long-term stroke disability in Canada is forecast to climb from 405,000 in 2013 to more than 725,000 in two decades.
"This is a great opportunity for the superb researchers at UBC to participate in this national effort and to help reduce the long-term disability from stroke," says Dr. Brian MacVicar, co-Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC and Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience.
The HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery is a joint initiative of the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Canada's leading stroke research centres. Headquartered at the University of Ottawa, the Partnership is restoring lives through research. The Partnership was the first organization worldwide focused exclusively on stroke recovery research. Now, it is a model for other countries. Learn more at www.canadianstroke.ca.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation's mission is to prevent disease, save lives and promote recovery. A volunteer-based health charity, we strive to tangibly improve the health of every Canadian family, every day. Healthy lives free of heart disease and stroke. Together we will make it happen. heartandstroke.ca.
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health comprises more than 250 investigators with multidisciplinary expertise, bridging basic science and clinical care in a state-of-the-art facility on UBC's Point Grey campus. The Centre provides opportunities for education, collaboration, and interaction with patients from across BC. The Centre is the largest and most comprehensive brain care and research centre in Canada, and is a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

Contacts:

Cathy Campbell
HSF Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
cathy@canadianstroke.ca
613-852-2303

Jane-Diane Fraser
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
jfraser@hsf.ca
613-691-4020

Emily Wight
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
emily.wight@brain.ubc.ca
604-827-3396, cell: 604.417.0165