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Ian Winship

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Associate Vice President, Research Development and Services at University of Alberta
📍 Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

Ian Winship serves as the Associate Vice President of Research Development and Services and is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta. His lab focuses on developing therapies for brain disorders like stroke and schizophrenia using advanced imaging. He holds both his PhD and BSc from the University of Alberta.

Outside of academia, Ian is heavily involved in ice sports. He dedicates his free time to coaching his sons hockey and daughters ringette teams, and also plays on a recreational hockey team himself. In the summer, he enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors in the mountains.

His research demonstrated that an experimental drug targeting the spinal cord could promote significant recovery in animal models long after a stroke occurred.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Associate Vice President, Research Development and Services
Job Level
Senior
Location
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
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Stroke Recovery
His primary research for over a decade has focused on understanding brain damage after a stroke and developing new therapies to improve patient recovery and brain plasticity.
AI in Research
He has publicly expressed excitement about expanding the application of artificial intelligence in both teaching and research at the university.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Associate Vice President, Research Development and Services
University of Alberta
7-2020
Professor
University of Alberta
9-2018 - 8-2023
Deputy Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute
University of Alberta
10-2005 - 7-2007
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of British Columbia
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Announcing the Associate Vice-President (Research Development and Services). Featured in University of Alberta – The Quad
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Education
2000 - 2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Alberta
1994 - 2000
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University of Alberta
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