Dr. Aaron Phillips
Positions
Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Associate Dean - Innovation and Commercialization
Cumming School of Medicine
Director
RESTORE.net
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Member
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
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Background
Educational Background
B.S.c , University of Western Ontario, 2007
Doctor of Philosophy Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2013
Biography
Aaron Phillips was trained in experimental medicine and biosciences. He studies the interactions between the nervous and cardiovascular systems, and how these interactions are disrupted in clinical conditions. His research has driven the development of enhanced monitoring and therapeutics for neurological and hemodynamic conditions. After obtaining the Banting Fellowship at the University of British Columbia (UBC), he established his laboratory at the University of Calgary in 2017. He is now a Professor within the departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology & Pharmacology, and Cardiac Sciences. He also serves as the Associate Dean (Innovation and Commercialization) for the Medical School. Within the Foothills Medical Centre, he is Director of RESTORE.network, which is a multi-million dollar platform comprised of >30 investigators dedicated to developing translational technology for neurological injury. He has received awards such as the Science and PINS Prize in Neuromodulation from Science | AAS, Libin Researcher of the Year, the Brain Canada Leader, the Arthur Guyton Award of Excellence in Integrative Medicine, the Beverley Bishop Award for Neuroscience, and the Top 40 Under 40 from Avenue Magazine. He founded and leads a graduate-level course on commercializing medical neuro-technologies, and has nearly 20 patents spanning mathematical modelling, neurostimulation hardware, sensors, closed-loops system, and brain computer interfaces. His lab publishes in top journals such as Nature (n=2), Nature Medicine, and Circulation Research.
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Coordinator-Neuro-III MDNS Program | Neuro-commercialization | 2021-Present |
| Neuro-II MDNS Program | Neuroprosthetic development | 2021 |
| Neuro-III MDNS Program | Neuroprosthetic development | 2021 |
Awards
- Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, 2024
- Science and PINS Prize in Neuromodulation, 2024
- New Investigator Award (and McDonald Award as top-ranked applicant) , Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. 2023
- Turnbull/Tator Award for spinal cord injury research , Brain Canada. 2023
- M.I.N.D Prize, Hotchkiss Brain Institute. 2023
- Watanabe Distinguished Achievement Award , Cumming School of Medicine. 2023
- Young Investigator Award, Canadian Association for Neuroscience. 2021
- Arthur C. Guyton Award for Excellence in Physiology, American Physiological Society. 2021
- Researcher of the Year, Libin Cardiovascular Institute. 2021
- Future Leader Award, Brain Canada. 2020
- Top 40 Under 40, Calgary Avenue Magazine. 2020
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), 2017
- Clinical Science Young Investigator Award, 2017
- Killam Postdoctoral Research Prize, 2016
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