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Brian Kwon

ResearcherUniversity of British Columbia

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Brian Kwon

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Crc Blood Pressure Managment Hemodynamic Support Lipidomics Oxidative Stress Porcine Model Sci Reperfusion Injury Spinal Cord Injury

Latest papers

Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: 20 Years of Population-Based Administrative Data.
Neurotrauma reports · 2025
Long-Term Survival for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Linked Health Care Data.
Neurotrauma reports · 2025
Understanding the Measurement of Pressure Within the Spinal Cord to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Using a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2025 · senior author

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Neuromodulation for Improving Lower Urinary Tract Function in a Large Animal Model of Peripheral Nerve Injury
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000
Assessing the effect of hemodynamic management and thromboembolic prophylaxis on intraparenchymal hemorrhage after traumatic spinal cord injury in a porcine model
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 12 grants and awards

20 publications.

Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: 20 Years of Population-Based Administrative Data.

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan V, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Liu G, Sutherland JM

Neurotrauma reports2025

DOI: 10.1089/neur.2025.0012 PMID: 40309159

Long-Term Survival for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Linked Health Care Data.

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan V, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Liu G, Sutherland J

Neurotrauma reports2025

DOI: 10.1089/neur.2025.0057 PMID: 40630649

Understanding the Measurement of Pressure Within the Spinal Cord to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Using a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.

Streijger F, Allard Brown A, Grassner L, Kim KT, Rizzuto M, So K, Manouchehri N, Webster M, Fisk S, Sekhon M, Griesdale D, Kwon B

Journal of neurotrauma2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2024.0308 PMID: 39761133

A Practical Classification System for Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Based on a Three-Phased Modified Delphi Process From the AOSpine Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Forum.

Hachem LD, Zhu M, Aarabi B, Davies B, DiGiorgio A, Evaniew N, Fehlings MG, Ganau M, Graves D, Guest J, Ha Y, Harrop J, Hofstetter C, Koljonen P, Kurpad S, Marco R, Martin AR, Nagoshi N, Nouri A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Wengel VT, Tetreault L, Kwon B, Wilson JR

Global spine journal2024

DOI: 10.1177/21925682221114800 PMID: 36065656

Canadian Spine Society

Dionne A, Al-Zakri M, Labelle H, Joncas J, Parent S, Mac-Thiong J-M, Miyanji F, Lonner B, Eren A, Cahill P

Canadian Journal of Surgery2024

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.011424

Secondary analysis of a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership to facilitate knowledge translation in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM): insights from AO Spine RECODE-DCM.

Davies B, Brannigan J, Mowforth OD, Khan D, McNair AGK, Tetreault L, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Aarabi B, Kwon B, Gronlund T, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Zipser CM, Hutchinson PJ, Kurpad S, Harrop JS, Wilson JR, Guest JD, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064296 PMID: 37463815

Trajectory-Based Classification of Recovery in Sensorimotor Complete Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.

Jaja BNR, Badhiwala J, Guest J, Harrop J, Shaffrey C, Boakye M, Kurpad S, Grossman R, Toups E, Geisler F, Kwon B, Aarabi B, Kotter M, Fehlings MG, Wilson JR

Neurology2021

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012028 PMID: 33849991

Sarcopenia, but not frailty, predicts early mortality and adverse events after emergent surgery for metastatic disease of the spine.

Bourassa-Moreau É, Versteeg A, Moskven E, Charest-Morin R, Flexman A, Ailon T, Dalkilic T, Fisher C, Dea N, Boyd M, Paquette S, Kwon B, Dvorak M, Street J

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.08.012 PMID: 31479782

'After-hours' non-elective spine surgery is associated with increased perioperative adverse events in a quaternary center.

Charest-Morin R, Flexman AM, Bond M, Ailon T, Dea N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Paquette S, Fisher CG, Street J

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2019

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5848-x PMID: 30523460

Frailty and sarcopenia do not predict adverse events in an elderly population undergoing non-complex primary elective surgery for degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine.

Charest-Morin R, Street J, Zhang H, Roughead T, Ailon T, Boyd M, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Paquette S, Dea N, Fisher CG, Flexman AM

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.07.003 PMID: 28709946

Neuromodulation for Improving Lower Urinary Tract Function in a Large Animal Model of Peripheral Nerve Injury

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Sekhon, Amardeep S

Keywords: Injury; Larhe Animal Model; Lower Urinary Tract Function; Neuromodulation; Peripheral Nerve

$6,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Kwon, Brian K

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Assessing the effect of hemodynamic management and thromboembolic prophylaxis on intraparenchymal hemorrhage after traumatic spinal cord injury in a porcine model

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Allard Brown, Aysha

Keywords: Anticoagulant; Hemorrhage; Histology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mean Arterial Pressure; Pig Model; Spinal Cord Injury; Ultrasound

$105,000

Development of a triple haemodynamic monitoring system for mammalian physiology studies

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: West, Christopher

$306,086

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2017Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Kwon, Brian K

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Neuron-Glia interactions in brain disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: MacVicar, Brian A

Keywords: Astrocyte; Cerebral Blood Flow; Cytotoxic Edema; Hippocampus; Intracellular Calcium; Intracellular Chloride; Microglia; Neurovascular Coupling; Pannexin; Two Photon Imaging

$3,346,028

Hemodynamic Support in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Effects on Metabolism, Inflammation, and Functional Outcome.

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kwon, Brian K

Keywords: Blood Pressure Managment; Hemodynamic Support; Lipidomics; Oxidative Stress; Porcine Model Sci; Reperfusion Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Trauma

$395,064

Biomechanical factors in spinal cord injury - relevance to the timing of decompression

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Oxland, Thomas R

Keywords: Biomechanics; Biomedical Engineering; Decompression; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Injury Biomechanics; Spinal Cord Injury; Spine Surgery

$423,361

Ketogenic Diet for Spinal Cord Injury - Preclinical Studies

Co-investigatorCIHR2012China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Tetzlaff, Wolfram G; Zhou, Mouwang

Keywords: Behavior; Bladder Funtion; Cervical Spinal Cord Contusion; Histopathology; Independent Replication; Ketogenic Diet; Pain; Preclinical Data For Trial; Rats; Spinal Cord Injury

$225,000

CRC Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2011Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Kwon, Brian K

Keywords: Tier 2

$500,000

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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Brian Kwon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: 20 Years of Population-Based Administrative Data.

Long-Term Survival for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Linked Health Care Data.

Understanding the Measurement of Pressure Within the Spinal Cord to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Using a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.

A Practical Classification System for Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Based on a Three-Phased Modified Delphi Process From the AOSpine Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Forum.

Canadian Spine Society

Secondary analysis of a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership to facilitate knowledge translation in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM): insights from AO Spine RECODE-DCM.

Trajectory-Based Classification of Recovery in Sensorimotor Complete Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.

Sarcopenia, but not frailty, predicts early mortality and adverse events after emergent surgery for metastatic disease of the spine.

'After-hours' non-elective spine surgery is associated with increased perioperative adverse events in a quaternary center.

Frailty and sarcopenia do not predict adverse events in an elderly population undergoing non-complex primary elective surgery for degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine.

Development of a triple haemodynamic monitoring system for mammalian physiology studies

Frequent collaborators

John Street

Jefferson Wilson

Eve Tsai

Brian Kwon

Paul Yoo

Taufik Valiante

John Kramer

Mohit Kapoor

Kristin Musselman

Bonita Sawatzky

Sander Hitzig

Sean Christie

Dahlia Kairy

Dalton Wolfe

Helen Razmjou

James Milligan

Christopher West

Kathleen Martin Ginis

Karim Ladha

Rebecca Charbonneau

Markian Pahuta

Mark Phillips

David Ditor

Luciana Macedo

John Lee

Brian Drew

Daipayan Guha

James Milligan

Craig Bauman

Murray Krahn

Michael Fehlings

Lora Giangregorio

Jeremy Grimshaw

Teresa To

Albert Yee

Walter Wodchis

Wolfram Tetzlaff

Marjolaine Roy-Beaudry

Sunita Mathur

Luc Noreau