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Translational Research or Human Neuroscience Studies in Spinal Cord Injury (TRoHNS) Award
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Dr. Lukas Linde has been awarded the 2023 TRoHNS award for his paper “Long Duration, Low-Concentration Topical Capsaicin Diminishes the Development of Central Sensitization.”
Lukas D. Linde, PhD is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD), and further cross-appointed to the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Linde completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where they received a BSc in Human Kinetics, MSc in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences – Biomechanics, and PhD in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences – Neuroscience. Since 2019, Dr. Linde has served in their role as postdoctoral fellow at ICORD, using advanced neuroimaging techniques exploring human sensory adaptations that contribute to the overall experience of pain. Dr. Linde has over 17 publications in the fields of pain assessment and spinal cord injury. They have research funding from the postdoctoral fellowship funding from the Craig H. Neilson foundation, to explore the efficacy of long-term topical capsaicin exposure to aid in the neuropathic pain management.
The TRoHNS award, sponsored by ASIA past president Keith Tansey, MD, PhD, has been instituted in alignment with ASIA’s goal to support investigators across a broader continuum of spinal cord injury science and to encourage work in under-developed areas in the field. The award is given for the best abstract submitted to the annual ASIA conference by a clinician or scientist involved in translational research or human neuroscience studies in spinal cord injury.
TRoHNS Rules and Eligibility
Submissions for the TRoHNS award are accepted through the General Call for Abstracts. Submitters do not have to be members of ASIA but ASIA membership will be favored, as will junior investigator status. After reviewing all submitted abstracts self-identified for consideration for this award, the program committee will determine the top 5 papers in the areas of the award as outlined above and will forward these to the Research and Awards Committee and Dr. Tansey to determine the winner.
Individuals currently serving as ASIA President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Research and Awards Committee Chair and Vice Chair are ineligible for the TRoHNS Award.
Past TRoHNS Award Recipients
2022 – Andrew Smith, PT, DPT, PhD
“Epidural stimulation-promoted standing ability and spinal cord lesion characteristics in motor complete SCI.“
2020 – Dr. Kiran Pawar
“Noninvasive Chronic Spinal Stimulation as a Multi-session Therapy to Improve Cardiovascular Function After Spinal Cord Injury.”
2019 – Alexandra M. Williams PhD
“A Cardiac-Centered approach to Hemodynamic Management Increases Spinal Cord Oxygenation in a Porcine Model of Acute High-Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury.”