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Dr. Brandon Craig

MD, PhD, BSc (Hons)

Affiliations

Resident Physician

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Alberta Childrens Hospital

Contact information

Email

brandon.craig1@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

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Background

Credentials

Licensed Physician, Medical Council of Canada, 2025

Educational Background

Medical Doctor University of Calgary, 2025

Doctor of Philosophy, Neuroscience, University of Calgary, 2025

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Psychology, MacEwan University, 2017

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Dr. Brandon Craig is a Resident Physician in Radiation Oncology and concurrent Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. He earned his combined MD/PhD through the Leaders in Medicine Program at the University of Calgary, where he received integrated training as a clinician-scientist. His doctoral research applied advanced neuroimaging techniques to investigate how the developing brain adapts to early neurological injury. As a postdoctoral fellow, his research focuses on leveraging advanced neuroimaging to characterize brain development and treatment-related changes following radiation therapy for pediatric brain tumors, with the goal of improving long-term neurological outcomes for children with cancer.

Awards

  • Kids Cancer Care Research Fellowship, Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute. 2026
  • MacEwan University Alumni Emerging Leader Award, MacEwan University. 2025
  • Achievers in Medical Science Leaders in Medicine Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2024
  • Cochrane Leadership Award, Leaders in Medicine Program. 2023
  • Dr. Lydia Sikora Memorial Award for Research in Medicine, University of Calgary. 2022
  • Governor General Gold Medal Finalist, University of Calgary. 2022
  • Leaders in Medicine Scholarship, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). 2021
  • J.B. Hyne Research Innovation Award, University of Calgary. 2021
  • Jon Meddings Leadership Award, University of Calgary. 2020
  • Vanier Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). 2019
  • Frederick Banting and Charles Best CGS Doctoral Award, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). 2019
  • Co-Chairs Award of Innovation, Canadian Stroke Congress. 2019

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Publications:

  1. Erker C, Mynarek M, Craig BT …. Lafay-Cousin, L. (2025) Relapsed SHH medulloblastomas in young children. Are there alternatives to full-dose craniospinal irradiation? Neuro-Oncology (https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noaf092)
  2. Hilderley AJ*, Dunbar M*, Andersen J, Fehlings D, Metzler M, Carlson HL, Zewdie ET,  Hodge J, O'Grady K , Carsolio L, Dlamini N, Giuffre A,  Cole L, Kuo HC, Bourgeois A, Hollis A, Maiani M, Ciechanski P, Jadavji Z, Craig BT, Kelly D, Keough J, Wrightson J, Fay L, Switzer L, Pajevic M, Ramsay A, Sametz M, Brooks BL, Yaskina M, Batara J, Hill MD, Kirton A. Neuromodulation for Children With Hemiparesis and Perinatal Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology. Published online February 3, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4898
  3. Hassett J, Craig BT, Hilderley AJ, Kinney-Lang E, Yeates KO, MacMaster FP, Miller J, Noel M, Brooks B, Barlow K, Lebel C, Kirton A, Carlson HL (2024). Development of the whole-brain functional connectome explored via graph theory analysis. Aperture Neuro, doi:10.52294/001c.124565
  4. Hassett J, Craig BT, Hilderley AJ, Kinney-Lang E, Yeates KO, MacMaster FP, Miller J, Noel M, Brooks B, Barlow K, Lebel C, Kirton A, Carlson HL (2024). Development of the whole-brain functional connectome explored via graph theory analysis. Aperture Neuro. https://doi.org/10.52294/001c.124565
  5. Shinde K, Craig BT, Hassett J, Dlamini N, Brooks BL, Kirton A, Carlson HL (2023). Alterations in cortical morphometry of the contralesional hemisphere in children, adolescents, and young adults with perinatal stroke. Scientific Reports, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38185-8
  6. Dunbar M, Norris A, Craig BT, Chaput K, Mohammad K, Cole L, Esser M, Caughey A, Carlson HL, Kirton A. (2023) Relationship between neonatal brain injury and objective measures of head trauma: A case-control study. Neurology, 101(23), e2401–e2410. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207766
  7. Craig BT, Geeraert B, Kinney-Lang E, Hilderley AJ, Yeates K, Kirton A, Noel M, MacMaster FP, Bray S, Barlow KM, Brooks BL, Lebel C, Carlson HL. (2023). Structural brain network lateralization across childhood and adolescence. Human Brain Mapping, 44, 1711-1724.
  8. Craig BT, Kinney-Lang E, Hilderley AJ, Carlson HL, Kirton A. (2022) Structural connectivity of the sensorimotor network within the non-lesioned hemisphere of hemiparetic children with perinatal stroke. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12.
  9. Larsen N, Craig BT, Hilderley AJ, Virani S, Murias K, Brooks BL, Kirton A, Carlson HL (2021). Frontal interhemispheric structural connectivity, attention, and executive function in children with perinatal stroke. Brain and Behavior, e2433.
  10. Grohs M, Lebel C, Carlson HL, Craig BT, Dewey D. (2021). Subcortical brain structure in children with developmental coordination disorder: A T1-Weighted Volumetric Study. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 1-10.
  11. Kirton A, Metzler M, Craig BT, Hilderley A, Dunbar M, Giuffre A, Zewdie E, Carlson HL. (2021) Perinatal stroke: Mapping and modulating developmental plasticity to optimize outcomes. Nature Reviews Neurology,1-18.
  12. Craig BT, Morrill A, Anderson B, Danckert J, & Striemer C. (2021). Cerebellar strokes impair both spatial and non-spatial attention. Cortex, 139,27-42.
  13. Craig BT, Hilderley A, Kirton A, & Carlson HL (2021). Imaging Developmental and Interventional Plasticity Following Perinatal Stroke. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 48(2), 157-171.
  14. Grohs, M. N., Craig, B. T., Kirton, A., & Dewey, D. (2020). Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Function in Children 8–12 Years With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14.
  15. Carlson, H. L., Craig, B.T., Hilderley, A. J., Hodge, J., Rajashekar, D., Mouches, P., ... & Kirton, A. (2020). Structural and functional connectivity of motor circuits after perinatal stroke: A machine learning study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 28, 102508.
  16. Craig BT, Hilderley A, Kinney-Lang E, Long X, Carlson HL, & Kirton A. (2020). Developmental neuroplasticity of the white matter connectome in children with perinatal stroke. Neurology, 95(18), e2476-e2486.
  17. Craig BT, Carlson H, & Kirton A. (2019). Thalamic diaschisis following perinatal stroke is associated with clinical disability. NeuroImage: Clinical, 21, 101660.
  18. Craig BT, Olsen C, Mah S, Carlson H, Wei X, & Kirton A. (2018). Crossed cerebellar atrophy in perinatal stroke. Stroke, 50(1): 175-177.