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Karim Fouad

ResearcherPhysical TherapyUniversity of Alberta

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Karim Fouad

Researcher

Physical Therapy

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (10 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2015.

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Publications

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Research

Spinal Cord Injury Crc Animal Model Rehabilitative Training Movement Fair Data Sharing Improving Statistical Analysis Neurotrauma

Latest papers

A standardized in vivo platform for preclinical screening of therapeutic interventions in rat thoracic spinal cord injury.
Experimental neurology · 2026
Dexime: A Selectively Enzyme-Degradable Hydrogel for Protein Therapeutic Release.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
Improving Data Quality in Neurotrauma Data Sharing: The Open Data Commons Minimal Data Standards and a Data Tool for Compliance.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026

All 81 publications

Latest funding

Improving reproducibility in experimental research by using shared data -a use case in spinal cord injury
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$784,126
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000
Brain cell volume reduction in animal models and people with intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke.
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$807,075

All 18 grants and awards

81 publications.

A standardized in vivo platform for preclinical screening of therapeutic interventions in rat thoracic spinal cord injury.

Bastidas J, Jones L, Baptista M, Wheeler JJ, Barrett R, Mongia S, Havas D, Fouad K, Tetzlaff W, Hanania T, Detloff MR

Experimental neurology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2026.116025 PMID: 42767441

Dexime: A Selectively Enzyme-Degradable Hydrogel for Protein Therapeutic Release.

Sirianni QEA, Letko Khait N, Forman A, Armstrong EA, Fouad K, Shoichet MS

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202523099 PMID: 42237189

Improving Data Quality in Neurotrauma Data Sharing: The Open Data Commons Minimal Data Standards and a Data Tool for Compliance.

Fond KA, Radabaugh H, Vavrek R, Axtman PJ, Huie JR, Fedor BA, Gensel JC, Fouad K, Grethe JS, Martone ME, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, PRECISE-TBI Investigators†

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261449699 PMID: 42157403

PLX5622 did not alter anxiety-like behaviour and showed limited microglial depletion efficacy in a spinal cord injury model in female rats.

Cucarian J, Rakheja R, Scatterty KR, Armstrong E, Storvold S, Nguyen AT, Fenrich K, Monnier P, Fouad K

Scientific reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-48842-3 PMID: 42020492

A Community Effort to Develop Common Data Elements for Pre-Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Research.

Fedor BA, Torres-Espin A, Vavrek R, Martone ME, Bixby JL, Gensel JC, Lemmon V, Grethe JS, Huie JR, Ferguson AR, Fouad K, Preclinical SCI Common Data Elements (CDE) Workshop Participants

Neurotrauma reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/neur.2025.0021 PMID: 40918992

Systematic Search and Modified e-Delphi Consensus for Serum Bone Biomarkers in Humans and Animal Models with SCI: Methodology.

Tsang P, Cleland M, Wiest M, Cowley KC, Newton E, Patsakos E, Ponzano M, Giangregorio L, Aliabadi S, Armstrong K, Fouad K, Magnuson D, Craven BC

Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.46292/sci24-00042 PMID: 40585013

Data reporting quality and semantic interoperability increase with community-based data elements (CoDEs). Analysis of the open data commons for spinal cord injury (ODC-SCI).

Sheoran A, Fond KA, Davis LM, Huie JR, Vavrek R, Axtman PJ, Lemmon V, Bixby JL, Visser U, Gensel JC, Fouad K, Ferguson AR, Grethe JS, Bandrowski A, Martone ME, Torres-Espin A

Experimental neurology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.115100 PMID: 39647573

Reawakening inflammation in the chronically injured spinal cord using lipopolysaccharide induces diverse microglial states.

John RK, Vogel SP, Zia S, Lee KV, Nguyen AT, Torres-Espin A, Fenrich KK, Ng C, Schmidt EKA, Vavrek R, Raposo PJF, Smith K, Fouad K, Plemel JR

Journal of neuroinflammation2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12974-025-03379-6 PMID: 40022205

No Beneficial Effects of the Alfasigma VSL#3 Probiotic Treatment After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rats.

Raposo PJF, Nguyen AT, Schmidt EKA, Espin AT, Fenrich KK, Bennett DJ, Fouad K

Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2025Senior author

DOI: 10.46292/sci24-00004 PMID: 40008156

No impact of anti-inflammatory medication on inflammation-driven recovery following cervical spinal cord injury in rats.

Cucarian J, Raposo P, Vavrek R, Nguyen A, Nelson B, Monnier P, Torres-Espin A, Fenrich K, Fouad K

Experimental neurology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.115039 PMID: 39481514

Improving reproducibility in experimental research by using shared data -a use case in spinal cord injury

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fouad, Karim; Torres Espín, Abel

Keywords: Fair Data Sharing; Improving Statistical Analysis; Neurotrauma; Reproducibility; Translation

$784,126

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Fouad, Karim

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Brain cell volume reduction in animal models and people with intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Colbourne, Frederick

Keywords: Cell Volume Regulation; Hematoma; Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Intracranial Pressure; Mass Effect; Neurodegeneration; Patient; Rat; Stroke; Treatment

$807,075

Role of inflammation in recovery after spinal cord injury

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fouad, Karim

Keywords: Animal Model; Inflammation; Neurite Outgrowth; Neuroplasticity; Recovery; Rehabilitative Training; Spinal Cord Injury

$956,250

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

Keywords: Nanomaterials Biomaterials Spinal cord injury Nerve regeneration Biomedical implants Surgical robotics Minimally invasive procedures Tissue engineering Electric, Magnetic and Acoustic Field Alignment of Materials Neuropharmacology Localized drug delivery Neural stimulation Multimodal biomedical imaging Biosensors

$8,025,000

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

Keywords: Nanomaterials; Biomaterials; Spinal cord injury; Nerve regeneration; Biomedical implants; Surgical robotics; Minimally invasive procedures; Tissue engineering; Electric, Magnetic and Acoustic Field Alignment of Materials; Neuropharmacology; Localized drug delivery; Neural stimulation; Multimodal biomedical imaging; Biosensors

$8,000,000

Role of extrasynaptic GABA in the recovery of motor function after spinal cord injury.

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bennett, David J; Fenrich, Keith K; Fouad, Karim; Gorassini, Monica A

Keywords: Basic Human Physiology; Not An Rct.; Gaba; Interneuron; Locomotion; Motoneuron; Movement; Proprioceptive Afferent; Sensory Transmission; Spasticity; Spinal Cord Injury

$1,197,226

Targeting pericytes to restore sensorimotor function after spinal cord injury

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bennett, David J; Fenrich, Keith K; Fouad, Karim; Yang, Jaynie F

Keywords: Basic Human Physiology, Not An Rct Trial.; Blood Flow; Capillary; Hypoxia; Movement; Nerve Stimulation; Pericyte; Rehabilitation; Sensory Function; Spinal Cord Injury

$1,105,425

Modulation of spontaneous and rehabilitation-induced recovery after stroke by pleiotrophin

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Winship, Ian R

Keywords: Behaviour; Disability; Forelimb Function; Plasticity; Pleiotrophin; Preclinical; Reaching; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Stroke

$841,500

Treating spinal cord injury by augmenting activity dependent cellular pathways driving neuronal plasticity

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fouad, Karim

Keywords: Animal Model; Cellular Pathways; Cyclic Amp; Functional Recovery; Rehabilitative Training; Spinal Cord Injury

$749,700

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Karim Fouad

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A standardized in vivo platform for preclinical screening of therapeutic interventions in rat thoracic spinal cord injury.

Dexime: A Selectively Enzyme-Degradable Hydrogel for Protein Therapeutic Release.

Improving Data Quality in Neurotrauma Data Sharing: The Open Data Commons Minimal Data Standards and a Data Tool for Compliance.

PLX5622 did not alter anxiety-like behaviour and showed limited microglial depletion efficacy in a spinal cord injury model in female rats.

A Community Effort to Develop Common Data Elements for Pre-Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Research.

Systematic Search and Modified e-Delphi Consensus for Serum Bone Biomarkers in Humans and Animal Models with SCI: Methodology.

Data reporting quality and semantic interoperability increase with community-based data elements (CoDEs). Analysis of the open data commons for spinal cord injury (ODC-SCI).

Reawakening inflammation in the chronically injured spinal cord using lipopolysaccharide induces diverse microglial states.

No Beneficial Effects of the Alfasigma VSL#3 Probiotic Treatment After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rats.

No impact of anti-inflammatory medication on inflammation-driven recovery following cervical spinal cord injury in rats.

Improving reproducibility in experimental research by using shared data -a use case in spinal cord injury

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Brain cell volume reduction in animal models and people with intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke.

Role of inflammation in recovery after spinal cord injury

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Role of extrasynaptic GABA in the recovery of motor function after spinal cord injury.

Targeting pericytes to restore sensorimotor function after spinal cord injury

Modulation of spontaneous and rehabilitation-induced recovery after stroke by pleiotrophin

Treating spinal cord injury by augmenting activity dependent cellular pathways driving neuronal plasticity

Frequent collaborators

Keith Fenrich

Abel Torres Espín

Wolfram Tetzlaff

Simonetta Sipione

Philippe Monnier

Lora Giangregorio

Edith Hamel

Judy Illes

Ying Zhang

Ray Truant

Frederick Colbourne

Molly Shoichet