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Andrew Pruszynski

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ProfessorPhysiology and PharmacologyWestern University

Andrew Pruszynski

Professor

Physiology and Pharmacology

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 8 research grants (6 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Neural Coding Neurophysiology Sensory Processing Touch Crc Motor Cortex Reaching Biophysics

Latest funding

Control policies in the primate motor system
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$963,900
Touch processing in the distal branches of first-order tactile neurons
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$780,300
Somatosensory inputs for arm control
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$141,000

All 12 grants and awards

Control policies in the primate motor system

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew P

Keywords: Motor Cortex; Neural Coding; Neurophysiology; Reaching

$963,900

Touch processing in the distal branches of first-order tactile neurons

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew P

Keywords: Biophysics; Hand Function; Peripheral Nervous System; Sensorimotor Neuroscience; Sensory Processing; Tactile Coding; Touch

$780,300

Somatosensory inputs for arm control

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew

Keywords: human; reflex; feedback control; reaching; systems neuroscience; spinal cord; motor cortex; electromyography

$141,000

TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Menon, Ravi

$8,000,000

A subcortical circuit for coordinating express reaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Corneil, Brian D

Keywords: Electromyography; Frontal Cortex; Motor Control; Neurophysiology; Non-Human Primate; Oculomotor Control; Sensorimotor Transformation; Superior Colliculus; Visually-Guided Reaching

$787,185

Neural control of sequential action: controlling the present while planning the future

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diedrichsen, Joern; Pruszynski, Andrew P

Keywords: Computational Neuroscience; Electrophysiology; Functional Mri; Motor Planning; Neuronal State Spaces; Recurrent Neural Networks; Sequential Action

$952,425

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew P

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Central determinants of recovery from upper limb peripheral nerve injury

SupervisorCIHR2019CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Reschechtko, Sasha

Keywords: Deep Learning; Fmri; Hand Function; Markerless Motion Analysis; Nerve Regrowth; Peripheral Nerve Injury; Representational Similarity Analysis; Sensorimotor; Touch

$135,000

Sensory mechanisms in arm motor control

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew

$203,000

Feature extraction in the tactile periphery: from basic neural mechanisms to better treatments for nerve injury.

Nominated PICIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Pruszynski, Andrew P

Keywords: Motor Control; Nerve Injury; Neural Coding; Neurophysiology; Non-Human Primate; Sensory Processing; Somatosensory; Systems Neuroscience; Tactile; Touch

$1,327,030

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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