Research & Tech
The vision of the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society (CFBTS) is to support initiatives that will improve outcomes and quality of life for burn survivors and individuals affected by other severe skin injuries. Recently, the CFBTS recognized that creating opportunities in research to develop innovative treatments to regenerate the skin would be necessary to realize our ultimate objective. To this end, we invested $1 million dollars over 5 years (2015-2020) in order to develop the CFBTS Chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing, which is currently held by Dr. Jeff Biernaskie.
Dr. Biernaskie’s work looks at unlocking ways to encourage the body to heal itself using stem cells, overcoming some of the challenges associated with skin grafts and the complexities of the dermis layer of skin. The research will focus on better understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of animals that can quickly heal wounds, and applying that knowledge to advance treatments for both human and animal patients.
What’s Happening in Research & Tech
CFBTS wins the 2022 John A. Moncrief Award @ ABA
This week at the American Burn Association annual meeting we were awarded the Dr. John A Moncrief Award. The John A. Moncrief Award is awarded to fire services for outstanding contribution in the area [...]
Congratulations Dr. Sparks for being awarded a Canada Research Chair!
Please join us in offering our huge congratulations to Dr. Holly Sparks for being awarded a Canada Research Chair! Dr. Sparks pursued a PhD in regenerative medicine at UCalgary with Dr. Jeff [...]
Thank you HMCS Calgary / NCSM Calgary!
Thank you as always for the continued support from HMCS Calgary /NCSM Calgary thank you for always thinking of CFBTS on top of everything else you do!
Awesome Work by the UofC Vet Med Team as Always!
The research team at the Biernaskie Lab has been hard at work as usual and has come through with some interesting info for patients of Covid-19 have a read through the article of their [...]
Welcome Dr. Renate Weller as the Dean of UofC Veterinary Medicine!
The Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society would like to welcome Dr. Renate Weller as the new Dean Of the @ucalgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In a zoom meeting last week with @hotstuffcalgary, Dr. Weller [...]
2021 Till & McCulloch Award Winner Dr. Jeff Biernaskie!
The work that comes from this outstanding team at the University of Calgary - Stem cell biology & regenerative medicine is incredible! They are constantly finding new ways to look at things and opening [...]
2021 Spring Update
Thank you for your support! Hello friend, Today, we wanted to share an incredible story of how you, a supporter of the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, are the true hero for burn survivors. [...]
New multi-faculty Centre for Cell Therapy Translation gives UCalgary skin in the game for regenerative medicine research
We are so excited to be able to see the amazing things that this team has been doing. Please give this story a read! https://vet.ucalgary.ca/news/new-multi-faculty-centre-cell-therapy-translation-gives-ucalgary-skin-game-regenerative-medicine?fbclid=IwAR36h1qjE-u9ZbOf_LRcO2SDDad_TSU5mAeTpBz4D_UfYdLp9vUz-hk2x6U
