University of Zurich
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Research
Balgrist University Hospital
Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich
Tel. +41 44 386 39 01
Email: Armin.Curt[at]balgrist.ch
Curriculum vitae
Graduate
1987: Medical Degree, University of Cologne, D
1984:
Study Visit, John Hopkins University, USA
1982: Study Visit, Government Hospital, Tel Aviv, IL
1979-1986: Medical School, University of Cologne, D
Postgraduate
2009 - : Full Professor for Paraplegiology and Medical Director, Balgrist University Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich, CH
2005-2008: Associate Professor in Neurology and SCI Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA
2005: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for Neurology (FRCPC)
2005: Associate Professor for Neurorehabilitation, University of Zurich, CH
1999: Venia Legendi for Neurorehabilitation, University of Zurich, CH
1993-2005: Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, CH
1992: Department of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, CH
1987-1991: Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, D
Honors and Awards
Sir Ludwig Guttmann Lecture 2013 at ISCoS, Istanbul/TR
IRP Schellenberg Prize 2012
Sir Ludwig Guttmann award 2011 of the German Speaking Society of Paraplegia (DMGP)
Board of Directors of the Solutions Network in Spinal Cord Injury (SNSCI) of the Government of Canada 2009
Professional Award Division of Neurology / Department of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver, CA, 2008
Award of the American Cervical Spine Research Society 2006
Research interests
translational research in human SCI, neuro-rehabilitation, clinical neurophysiology,
neuro-imaging in human SCI
Grants
Horizon 2020 (EU): NISCI Antibodies against Nogo-A to enhance regeneration and functional recovery after acute spinal cord injury, a multicenter European clinical proof of concept trial, 2016-2020
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): SILENCE-Spinal Cord Injury-induced Systemic Maladaptve Immune Response and Autoimmunity to Central Nervous System Antigens - European Network Approach, 2017-2020
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): hMRIofSCI-Understanding the mechanisms of atrophy associated with spinal cord injury: the application of MRI-based in vivo histology and ex vivo histology, 2017-2020
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): Impact of deafferentation on descending pain control systems, 2017-2020
European Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury (EMSCI): Establishing a multi-center basis for future therapeutic interventions in human spinal cord injury, 2001-2026(Chair)
Klinischer Forschungsschwerpunkt (KFSP), Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Zürich, Neuro-Rehabilitation: Strategies for Customized Treatments, 2012-2018 (RITZ proposal)
Klinischer Forschungsschwerpunkt (KFSP), Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Zürich: Pain, 2019-2021