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Research
Latest papers
Brain Injury Within Intimate Partner Violence: What Are the Cognitive Effects?
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes sex-specific increases in cell proliferation and inflammation in juvenile rats.
Journal of neuroinflammation · 2023
Latest funding
- $124,300
Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury: Training Knowledge Brokers to Build Capacity
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $599,500
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $495,144
Development and validation of a clinical assessment tool to improve detection of brain injury in intimate partner violence
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
Brain Injury Within Intimate Partner Violence: What Are the Cognitive Effects?
Makovec Knight J, Hannon O, Spitz G, Astridge A, Copas C, Duarte Martins B, Rowse R, McDonald S, Padgett C, Meyer S, Shultz S, Symons GF, Ponsford J
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes sex-specific increases in cell proliferation and inflammation in juvenile rats.
Neale KJ, Reid HMO, Sousa B, McDonagh E, Morrison J, Shultz S, Eyolfson E, Christie BR
Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury: Training Knowledge Brokers to Build Capacity
Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy; Mason, Karen A
Keywords: Brain Injury; Intimate Partner Violence; Knowledge Brokers; Knowledge Translation
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors
Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy; Debert, Chantel T; Dames, Shannon S; Gawryluk, Jodie R; Mayo, Leah M
Keywords: Biomarkers; Brain Injury; Clinical Trial; Cognition; Concussion; Domestic Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Persisting Postconcussion Symptoms; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psilocybin
Development and validation of a clinical assessment tool to improve detection of brain injury in intimate partner violence
Principal investigators: van Donkelaar, Paul; Ehirchiou, Jennifer L
Keywords: Blood Biomarkers; Brain Injury; Intimate Partner Violence; Non-Fatal Strangulation
Blood biomarkers to detect brain injury due to intimate partner violence
Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy
Keywords: Axonal Injury; Biomarker; Concussion; Diagnosis; Inflammation; Neuronal Injury; Oxidative Stress; Strangulation; Traumatic Brain Injury; Women'S Health
The pathophysiology and blood biomarkers of brain injury in intimate partner violence: Insights from a new rat model
Principal investigators: Christie, Brian R
Keywords: Biomarker; Concussion; Diagnosis; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Pathophysiology; Strangulation; Synaptic Plasticity; Traumatic Brain Injury; Women'S Health
Biomarkers and treatment for intimate partner violence: Insights into a shadow pandemic
Principal investigators: Shultz, Sandy
Keywords: domestic violence intimate partner violence treatment biomarker brain injury post-traumatic stress disorder
Modulation of Adolescent TBI via the Orexin System, Sleep, and Glymphatic Function
Principal investigators: Mychasiuk, Richelle
Keywords: Adolescent; Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Circadian Rhythms; Epigenetics; Neurodegeneration; Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injuy; Sleep
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