Alison Wilson
Positions
Graduate Student
Brain Neurorehabilitation Laboratory | BNR, Grad Students
Graduate Student
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
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Background
Educational Background
Bachelor of Commerce University of Victoria, 2018
Bachelor of Arts Honours Psychology, University of Calgary, 2021
Biography
Alison received a BCom with Distinction from the University of Victoria, and a BA in Psychology (Hons) from the University of Calgary. She is currently completing a master’s in Neuroscience and plans to pursue a PhD. Her graduate work is focused on studying the pathophysiology of headache following concussion using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Alison has a background working on clinical trials of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of persisting symptoms after concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder. She is passionate about better understanding concussion by utilizing neuroimaging. Alison enjoys practicing yoga, hiking, and curling up with a good book (with a coffee). She completed a Spanish certification and a semester abroad in Madrid, so if you’d like to have a conversation in Spanish she says “vamos a practicar, por favor!”
Projects
Headache is the most-common persisting symptom after concussion and; unfortunately, it can be very difficult to treat. This study will use a type of neuroimaging called magnetic resonance spectroscopy, blood biomarkers and clinical questionnaires to better understand chronic headache following concussion.
We are recruiting two groups 1) healthy adults with no history of headache disorder or concussion and 2) individuals experiencing chronic post-traumatic headache (headache following concussion that has persisted for at least 3-months post-concussion). Only one assessment visit will be required where the neuroimaging scan, blood draw and questionnaires will take place. We will also ask participants to complete 4-weeks of brief electronic headache diaries (<5mins per day).
For more information, please contact: pth@ucalgary.ca
Awards
- Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2025
- Integrated Concussion Research Program and Hotchkiss Brain Institute Travel Award, Integrated Concussion Research Program and Hotchkiss Brain Institute. 2025
- Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship , Brain Canada. 2024
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