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Paul van Donkelaar

ResearcherMechanical EngineeringUniversity of British Columbia

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Paul van Donkelaar

Researcher

Mechanical Engineering

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (4 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Intimate Partner Violence Cerebrovascular Physiology Blood Biomarkers Brain Injury Non-Fatal Strangulation Concussion Neuroimaging Concussion Recovery Head Impact Sensing

Latest papers

"It's more than just blood pressure and stitches": a critical examination of paramedic services from the perspectives of intimate partner violence advocates.
BMC health services research · 2026 · senior author
The Prevalence of Physical Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review With Implications for Probable Violence-Caused Brain Injury Among Child Bearers.
Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026 · senior author
"I felt like I was providing half a service": Challenges, solutions, and action items for paramedicine when encountering patients experiencing intimate partner violence.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author

All 55 publications

Latest funding

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,075,590
Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
Development and validation of a clinical assessment tool to improve detection of brain injury in intimate partner violence
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$495,144

All 14 grants and awards

55 publications.

"It's more than just blood pressure and stitches": a critical examination of paramedic services from the perspectives of intimate partner violence advocates.

Marshall RA, Stranges TN, Merritt N, Gorman K, Bartlett S, Sawyer S, van Donkelaar P

BMC health services research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14514-1 PMID: 42401972

The Prevalence of Physical Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review With Implications for Probable Violence-Caused Brain Injury Among Child Bearers.

Adhikari SP, Stranges TN, Lorenz BR, Marshall RA, Jiang N, van Donkelaar P

Trauma, violence & abuse2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/15248380241309292 PMID: 39744846

"I felt like I was providing half a service": Challenges, solutions, and action items for paramedicine when encountering patients experiencing intimate partner violence.

Marshall RA, Stranges TN, Merritt N, Bartlett S, Sawyer S, van Donkelaar P

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342542 PMID: 41843560

Large-scale modeling of axonal dynamic responses via deep learning.

Zhang C, Clansey A, Bartels L, Bondi D, Kloiber J, Jaffray A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Wu L, Ji S

Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10237-025-02034-6 PMID: 41384998

Intimate Partner Violence and Paramedicine: An Updated Scoping Review of Perspectives and Practices.

Caspell JR, Gorman K, Stranges TN, Loo J, Kool IJ, van Donkelaar P, Marshall RA

Prehospital emergency care2025

DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2025.2564841 PMID: 40991856

Publisher Correction: On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Luke D, Masood Z, Bondi D, Zhang C, Kenny R, Clansey A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Ji S, Wu L

Annals of biomedical engineering2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03893-x PMID: 41118007

Reliability and Validity of the Modified Mini Cog: A Measure for Screening Cognitive Functions in Literates and Non-literates.

Adhikari SP, Mahat R, Bajagain S, Shrestha N, Van Donkelaar P

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council2025Senior author

DOI: 10.33314/jnhrc.v23i02.4867 PMID: 41319087

Advocates, Academics, Survivors and Clinicians to END Intimate Partner Violence (ASCEND-IPV) initiative: a prospective observational case-control study protocol to identify plasma biomarkers of intimate partner violence (IPV)-caused brain injury (BI).

Harper MI, McKinney K, McLennan C, Adhikari SP, Ghodsi M, Cooper JG, Stukas S, Maldonado-Rodroguez N, Agbay A, Morelli T, Nouri Zadeh-Tehrani S, Lorenz BR, Rothlander K, Smirl JD, Wallace C, Symons GF, Brand J, Christie BR, Gawryluk J, Falkenberg A, Varto H, Mason K, Shultz SR, van Donkelaar P, Wellington CL

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098025 PMID: 40962341

On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Luke D, Masood Z, Bondi D, Zhang C, Kenny R, Clansey A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Ji S, Wu L

Annals of biomedical engineering2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03747-6 PMID: 40397312

Quiet Stance Postural Control in Women Who Have a History of Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence: A Preliminary Study.

Lorenz BR, Adhikari SP, Smirl JD, Wallace C, Malone Q, Dalton BH, van Donkelaar P

Neurotrauma reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/neur.2025.0015 PMID: 40677998

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Ji, Songbai

Keywords: Biomechanical Modeling; Brain Health; Concussion; Cumulative Injury; Female Athlete Health; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanisms; Long-Term Brain Changes; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Sports Head Impact Exposure

$1,075,590

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Female Athlete Health

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Ji, Songbai

Keywords: Biomechanical Modeling; Brain Health; Concussion; Cumulative Injury; Female Athlete Health; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanism; Long-Term Brain Changes; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Sports Head Impact Exposure

Development and validation of a clinical assessment tool to improve detection of brain injury in intimate partner violence

Nominated PICIHR2024Op. Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Translational Research

Principal investigators: van Donkelaar, Paul; Ehirchiou, Jennifer L

Keywords: Blood Biomarkers; Brain Injury; Intimate Partner Violence; Non-Fatal Strangulation

$495,144

Blood biomarkers to detect brain injury due to intimate partner violence

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Biomedical Discovery Grants

Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy

Keywords: Axonal Injury; Biomarker; Concussion; Diagnosis; Inflammation; Neuronal Injury; Oxidative Stress; Strangulation; Traumatic Brain Injury; Women'S Health

$149,720

A prospective and longitudinal investigation of concussive and subconcussive mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms in ice hockey

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Rauscher, Alexander; van Donkelaar, Paul

Keywords: Concussion Neuroimaging; Concussion Recovery; Head Impact Sensing; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanism; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Myelin Imaging; Neurocognitive Assessments; Prospective Longitudinal Study; Subconcussive Head Impacts

$944,776

Characterizing the blood biomarker profile of traumatic brain injury in women who have experienced intimate partner violence

SupervisorCIHR2020Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Maldonado-Rodriguez, Naomi

Keywords: Blood Biomarker Profile; Intimate Partner Violence; Traumatic Brain Injury; Women

$6,000

Minding the Brain Gap: A National Meeting on Advancing Women's Brain Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Galea, Liisa A

Keywords: Aging; Brain Health; Cognition; Female; Gendered Health; Mental Health; Metabolism; Pregnancy; Women

$15,000

Using cerebrovascular biomarkers to characterize traumatic brain injury associated with intimate partner violence

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: van Donkelaar, Paul

Keywords: Cerebrovascular Physiology; Intimate Partner Violence; Traumatic Brain Injury

$252,450

Neural mechanisms of predictive movement planning

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: vanDonkelaar, Paul

$140,000

Precision Fluid Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wellington, Cheryl L

Keywords: Biomarkers; Traumatic Brain Injury; Vulnerable Populations

$100,000

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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Paul van Donkelaar

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"It's more than just blood pressure and stitches": a critical examination of paramedic services from the perspectives of intimate partner violence advocates.

The Prevalence of Physical Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Systematic Review With Implications for Probable Violence-Caused Brain Injury Among Child Bearers.

"I felt like I was providing half a service": Challenges, solutions, and action items for paramedicine when encountering patients experiencing intimate partner violence.

Large-scale modeling of axonal dynamic responses via deep learning.

Intimate Partner Violence and Paramedicine: An Updated Scoping Review of Perspectives and Practices.

Publisher Correction: On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Reliability and Validity of the Modified Mini Cog: A Measure for Screening Cognitive Functions in Literates and Non-literates.

Advocates, Academics, Survivors and Clinicians to END Intimate Partner Violence (ASCEND-IPV) initiative: a prospective observational case-control study protocol to identify plasma biomarkers of intimate partner violence (IPV)-caused brain injury (BI).

On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Quiet Stance Postural Control in Women Who Have a History of Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence: A Preliminary Study.

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Development and validation of a clinical assessment tool to improve detection of brain injury in intimate partner violence

Blood biomarkers to detect brain injury due to intimate partner violence

A prospective and longitudinal investigation of concussive and subconcussive mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms in ice hockey

Characterizing the blood biomarker profile of traumatic brain injury in women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Minding the Brain Gap: A National Meeting on Advancing Women's Brain Health

Using cerebrovascular biomarkers to characterize traumatic brain injury associated with intimate partner violence

Neural mechanisms of predictive movement planning

Precision Fluid Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury

Frequent collaborators

Alexander Rauscher

Lyndia Wu

Karen Mason

Shelina Babul

Cheryl Wellington

Julia Schmidt

Jodie Gawryluk

Deinera Exner-Cortens

Shannon Kolind

Heather Gainforth

Michael Ellis

Judy Illes

Brian Christie