Orthopaedic Surgery | Research | Faculty Research

Faculty Research Director

Dr. Prism Schneider
Faculty Research

Over the past 50 years, Calgary Orthopaedics has become internationally recognized for our success in musculoskeletal research.

Numerous faculty members have achieved national and international funding support and award recognition for diverse clinical, health services, translational, and basic science research. Research programs include clinical and advanced imaging research following trauma and soft tissue injury, osteoarthritis clinical and basic science research, translational musculoskeletal oncology and spine research, and many others.

We are renowned for multidisciplinary and collaborative research, supported by the state-of-the-art imaging and laboratory resources in the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, data analytics support from the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute, the Charbonneau Cancer Research Institute, and the Alberta Health Services Bone and Joint Strategic Clinical Network.

Numerous faculty members supervise resident and fellow research projects, and several faculty members supervise MSc and PhD graduate students through the Medical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Community Health Sciences programs.

The Research Portfolio Committee has a mandate to support research infrastructure, facilitate collaborative research, and to create opportunities for trainees, emerging early career, and established investigators in all aspects of musculoskeletal research.

With regards to our Orthopaedic Faculty, below are a few of our recent major research highlights:  (a) Michael Monument ABC Fellowship 2022; (b) Neil White and Prism Schneider were both recipients of recent Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy (CORL) Awards; (c) Michael Monument and Prism Schneider have been successful in recent Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) competitions; (d) the Orthopaedic Trauma Team at the Foothills Medical Centre have been awarded funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation; and (e) Kevin Hildebrand has received funding from the Department of Defense.  There are many other Orthopaedic Faculty that could be listed here for their research successes, and if you want more information, please contact us at acortho@ucalgary.ca