Amanda is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience co-supervised by Dr. Brian Kwon and Dr. Babak Shadgan. Amanda started her PhD in the Kwon lab in September 2017 and started working with Dr. Shadgan in September 2018.
Education
- PhD, Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia (2017 – Present)
- BSc (Honours), Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Toronto (2013 – 2017)
Selected Awards
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Killam Doctoral Scholarship, Killam Trusts
- Rising Star Award, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI)
- Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- Trainee Professional Development Award, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
- Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Current Projects
- Real-time optical-based measurement of oxygenation and blood flow of the injured spinal cord for hemodynamic management
Interests
Neurotrauma, Near-infrared Spectroscopy, Hemodynamic Management, Paddling, Hiking, Snowboarding
Publications
Cheung, A., Tu, L., Sahragard, F., Macnab, A., Kwon, B. K., Shadgan, B. (2021). Detecting oxygenation changes after hypoxia: pulse oximetry vs. near-infrared spectroscopy. In Biophotonics in Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, Health Monitoring Technologies, and Wearables II (Vol. 11638, p. 116380K). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Sahragard, F., Cheung, A., Streijger, F., Kwon, B., Shadgan, B. (2021). Testing the safety of a custom NIRS sensor designed to monitor spinal cord hemodynamics. In Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XXI: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics (Vol. 11651, p. 116510L). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Cheung, A., Tu, L., Manouchehri, N., Kim, K. T., So, K., Webster, et al. (2020). Continuous optical monitoring of spinal cord oxygenation and hemodynamics during the first seven days post-injury in a porcine model of acute spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 37(21), 2292-2301.
Dason, J. S., Cheung, A., Anreiter, I., Montemurri, V. A., Allen, A. M., Sokolowski, M. B. (2020). Drosophila melanogaster foraging regulates a nociceptive-like escape behavior through a developmentally plastic sensory circuit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(38), 23286-23291.
Cheung, A., Streijger, F., So, K., Okon, E. B., Manouchehri, N., Shortt, K., et al. (2020). Relationship between early vasopressor administration and spinal cord hemorrhage in a porcine model of acute traumatic spinal cord injury. Journal of neurotrauma, 37(15), 1696-1707.
West, C. R., Poormasjedi‐Meibod, M. S., Manouchehri, N., Williams, A. M., Erskine, E. L., Webster, M., Fisk, S., Morrison, C., Short, K., So, K., Cheung, A., Streijger, F., Kwon, B. K. (2020). A porcine model for studying the cardiovascular consequences of high‐thoracic spinal cord injury. The Journal of physiology, 598(5), 929-942.
Cheung, A., Tu, L., Sahragard, F., Shadgan, B. (2020). Comparison of forearm muscle oxygenation dynamics during isometric and isotonic contractions monitored by near-infrared spectroscopy. In Biophotonics in Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, Health Monitoring Technologies, and Wearables (Vol. 11237, p. 112370O). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Cheung, A., Tu, L., Manouchehri, N., Kim, K. T., So, K., Webster, M., et al. (2020). Using near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor spinal cord oxygenation in the injured spinal cord. In Optical diagnostics and sensing XX: Toward point-of-care diagnostics (Vol. 11247, p. 1124709). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Rashnavadi, T., Macnab, A., Cheung, A., Shadgan, A., Kwon, B. K., & Shadgan, B. (2019). Monitoring spinal cord hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation: a review of the literature with special focus on the near-infrared spectroscopy technique. Spinal Cord, 57(8), 617-625.
Winther, S., Isidor, M. S., Basse, A. L., Skjoldborg, N., Cheung, A., Quistorff, B., & Hansen, J. B. (2018). Restricting glycolysis impairs brown adipocyte glucose and oxygen consumption. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 314(3), E214-E223.