Brett Hilton

Dr. Brett Hilton is a passionate independent investigator dedicated to developing cellular, molecular, and pharmacological approaches to regenerate circuits and restore neurological function following spinal cord injury. The objectives of his lab’s research are to understand how neurons lose the capacity to regenerate axons during embryonic development and to develop a clinically feasible strategy to regenerate the injured human spinal cord. To approach these objectives, he uses a multidisciplinary approach spanning cellular and molecular neuroscience through to circuit and behavioural levels of inquiry. By doing so, his team is poised to discover fundamental processes restricting preventing regeneration as well as to develop a clinically feasible approach that restores neurological function following spinal cord injury.