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 $2 million dollars over 10 years (2013-2023) 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
2023 Summer Student Successes
With August here, the CFBTS has helped to support the work of several undergraduate summer students. This year, Apolline Pistek worked on “Multimodal mechanical examination of human skin following burn injury and split thickness [...]
CFBTS won the John A. Moncrief Award
Yay Us! And thanks to YOU!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 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 [...]
Biernaskie Lab Published in Cell Press: Why does reindeer antler velvet regenerate without scar?
Huge Congratulations to the team at the Biernaskie Lab at University of Calgary, their article has been published in Cell Press! They have been continuously working on these questions and forwarding advancements in Skin [...]
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 [...]
Easing the Fire in Burn Care
A Huge Congratulations to Alex Chisholm BSc.PT, PgCpain, F-CFCH Alex Chisholm, one of the physiotherapists we work closely with at the Burn Unit, was asked to contribute an article to “Physiotherapy Practice’ the academic [...]
Congratulations to our New Nurse Practitioner!
Congratulations Lindsay!! ‘The Burn Centre leadership team is incredibly excited to announce Lindsay Burnett has accepted the new Nurse Practitioner role for the Burn Centre. Lindsay is passionate about providing the highest standards of [...]
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 [...]