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Rajiv Midha

ResearcherClinical NeurosciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Rajiv Midha

Researcher

Clinical Neurosciences

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
31 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Animal Models Cell Transplantation Nerve Regeneration Bioprocessing Bioreactors Pig Schwann Cell Tissue Engineering

Latest papers

Sex-Related Differences in Functional and Neurological Outcomes of Spinal Cord Injury.
Neurosurgery · 2026
Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy.
Journal of neurosurgery · 2026
Etv5 Is Required for Peripheral Nerve Function and the Injury Response.
eNeuro · 2025

All 111 publications

Latest funding

Expansion, characterization, and transplantation of skin derived Schwann cells for augmenting nerve repair
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,212,525
Understanding Schwann cell heterogeneity for improved nerve repair
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$1,077,120

All 2 grants and awards

111 publications.

Sex-Related Differences in Functional and Neurological Outcomes of Spinal Cord Injury.

Benedict B, Javeed S, Kaleem M, Zhang JK, Yakdan S, Botterbush K, Wen H, Chen Y, Belzberg A, Tuffaha S, Burks SS, Levi AD, Zager EL, Faraji AH, Mahan MA, Midha R, Wilson TJ, Juknis N, Greenberg JK, Ray WZ, Nerve Transfers in Spinal Cord Injury (NT-SCI) Consortium

Neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003615 PMID: 40673991

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy.

Wilson TJ, Ali ZS, Davis GA, Dengler NF, Desai K, Garozzo D, Guedes F, Heinen CPG, Hong J, Jacques LG, Jitpun E, Kretschmer T, Mahan MA, Midha R, Pondaag W, Puffer RC, Rasulic L, Ray WZ, Rizk E, Rodriguez-Aceves CA, Saadeh YS, Shapira Y, Socolovsky M, Spinner RJ, Zager EL

Journal of neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.3171/2025.8.jns251142 PMID: 41569664

Etv5 Is Required for Peripheral Nerve Function and the Injury Response.

Belfiore L, Balakrishnan A, Soenjaya Y, Ghazale H, Moffat A, Zinyk D, Vasan L, Touahri Y, Amemiya Y, Chu TH, Stykel MG, Seth A, Okawa S, Demore CEM, Midha R, Biernaskie J, Schuurmans C

eNeuro2025

DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0410-20.2025 PMID: 40701803

Limited Myelination Capacity in Human Schwann Cells in Experimental Models in Comparison to Rodent and Porcine Schwann Cells.

Chu TH, Midha R

International journal of molecular sciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26136457 PMID: 40650234

Predegenerating donor nerve for grafting using focused ultrasound neurotomy.

Chu TH, Lasaleta N, Li S, McConnachie A, Molina L, Alzahrani S, Curiel L, Pichardo S, Midha R

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00316-8 PMID: 40320399

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for common peroneal (fibular) neuropathy.

Wilson TJ, Ali ZS, Davis GA, Dengler NF, Desai K, Garozzo D, Guedes F, Jack MM, Jacques LG, Kretschmer T, Mahan MA, Midha R, Pondaag W, Puffer RC, Rasulic L, Ray WZ, Rizk E, Rodriguez-Aceves CA, Shapira Y, Smith BW, Socolovsky M, Spinner RJ, Zager EL

Journal of neurosurgery2025

DOI: 10.3171/2024.5.jns24614 PMID: 39151186

Knockout of the ING5 epigenetic regulator confirms roles in stem cell maintenance and tumor suppression in vivo.

Al Shueili B, Dantas A, Mahe E, Chu TH, Yang Y, Labit E, Kutluberk E, Lasaleta N, Masson A, Omairi H, Ito K, Krawetz RJ, Midha R, Cairncross G, Riabowol K

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313255 PMID: 39787145

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for sciatic injury and neuropathy evaluation.

Wilson TJ, Ali ZS, Davis GA, Dengler NF, Desai K, Garozzo D, Guedes F, Jacques LG, Kretschmer T, Mahan MA, Midha R, Puffer RC, Rasulic L, Ray WZ, Rizk E, Rodriguez-Aceves CA, Shapira Y, Socolovsky M, Spinner RJ, Zager EL

Journal of neurosurgery2025

DOI: 10.3171/2024.12.jns242467 PMID: 40153852

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Pirouzmand F, Mathieu F, Mansouri A, Kavikondala K, Alkins R, Boyd JG, Christie S, Couillard P, Cusimano MD, Engels PT

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114158

Novel AAV variants with improved tropism for human Schwann cells.

Drouyer M, Chu TH, Labit E, Haase F, Navarro RG, Nazareth D, Rosin N, Merjane J, Scott S, Cabanes-Creus M, Westhaus A, Zhu E, Midha R, Alexander IE, Biernaskie J, Ginn SL, Lisowski L

Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2024.101234 PMID: 38558569

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Rajiv Midha

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sex-Related Differences in Functional and Neurological Outcomes of Spinal Cord Injury.

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy.

Etv5 Is Required for Peripheral Nerve Function and the Injury Response.

Limited Myelination Capacity in Human Schwann Cells in Experimental Models in Comparison to Rodent and Porcine Schwann Cells.

Predegenerating donor nerve for grafting using focused ultrasound neurotomy.

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for common peroneal (fibular) neuropathy.

Knockout of the ING5 epigenetic regulator confirms roles in stem cell maintenance and tumor suppression in vivo.

Core outcomes in nerve surgery: development of a core outcome set for sciatic injury and neuropathy evaluation.

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Novel AAV variants with improved tropism for human Schwann cells.

Expansion, characterization, and transplantation of skin derived Schwann cells for augmenting nerve repair

Understanding Schwann cell heterogeneity for improved nerve repair

Frequent collaborators

Carol Schuurmans

Jeffrey Biernaskie

Gregory Cairncross

Mypinder Sekhon

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Ryan Alkins

Eve Tsai

Francois Mathieu

Arun Seth

Paul Engels

Wolfram Tetzlaff

Carol Schuurmans

Robert Fowler

Karl Riabowol

Tuan Trang

François Lauzier

Donald Griesdale

Peter Stys

Shane English

Derrick Rancourt

FARHAD Pirouzmand

Sunjay Sharma

Sean Christie