Arsalan Alizadeh, MD, PhD 

Arsalan Alizadeh graduated with a MD degree from Gilan university of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2010. He started as a M.Sc. student in Karimi's lab in 2012 and transferred to PhD program in 2014. Arsalan defended his PhD and graduated in July 2018. He was in a research associate in Karimi's lab from 2018 to 2020.

Arsalan’s PhD thesis investigated the mechanisms and  therapeutic potential of Neuregulin-1 for the repair of spinal cord injury. Arsalan is recipient of numerous awards including the 2017 Drewry Award for Excellence of Research in the Health Sciences, Excellence in Translational Research from the Diagnostic Services Manitoba, two Research Manitoba studentships, the Larry Jordan Award of Excellence in Neurophysiology, CIHR Gold Poster Award in the 2017 Canadian Student Health Research Forum,  two Gold and Silver Medals in CHRIM Research Day in 2014 and 2015, and Poster prize at Manitoba Neuroscience Network in 2015. Arsalan has contributed to numerous high impact publications. Please refer to our publication page.