Meredith Kuipers


Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory
Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto Rehab

520 Sutherland Drive

Toronto, Ontario
M4G 3V9, Canada
tel:416-597-3422 ext. 6199

 

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Education

  • MSc Candidate in Physiology and Neuroscience at University of Toronto
  • BSc in Biology, Queen’s University (2008)

Research

Projects

  • Measuring postural control and respiratory capacity in individuals with spinal cord injury using a non-invasive neuroprostheses
  • Engaging clinical participants in the development of therapies for spinal cord injury

Awards

  • 2010 - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarship
  • 2010 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
  • 2009 - CIHR-ICRH Young Investigator's Forum Travel Award
  • 2009 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC CGS M); Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
  • 2008 - R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship; NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
  • 2006 - Millennium National In-Course Scholarship
  • 2004 - Queen Elizabeth Aiming for the Top Scholarship

Selected publications

Conference papers

  • M.J. Kuipers, A.B. Schizkoske, D.V. Ianovskaia, R. Iaccino, E.C. Dumont. “Dopamine in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis contributes to reward-seeking behaviours,” Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, USA, 2008.
  • M.J. Kuipers, A.B. Schizkoske, D.V. Ianovskaia, E.C. Dumont. “Dopamine in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critical in the reinforcement produced by natural or pharmacological rewards,”2nd Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2008.

Non-refereed publications

  • R.S. Sharma, M.M. Krawczyk, M.J. Kuipers, D.V. Ianovskaia, R. Iaccino, A.B. Schizkoske, E.C. Dumont. “Cocaine self-administration alters dopaminergic modulation of GABAergic transmission in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis,” 4th Annual Centre for Neuroscience Studies Research Day, Kingston, ON, Canada, 2008.
  • M.J. Kuipers, A.B. Schizkoske, D.V. Ianovskaia, E.C. Dumont. “Dopamine in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critical in the reinforcement produced by natural or pharmacological rewards,” 29th Annual Anesthesiology Research Day, Kingston, ON, Canada, 2008.

Academic Memberships

  • Society for Neuroscience Student Member (2008)

 

Interests

  • Neuroplasticity and neurophysiology
  • Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
  • Balance and postural control
  • Recovery of mobility post-injury
  • Respiratory physiology