Bio
Dr. Plant is the director of basic science for the Stanford Partnership for Spinal Cord Injury and Repair, which brings together researchers and clinicians to collaborate on translational research aimed at spinal cord regeneration and repair and improving the quality of life of people paralyzed by spinal cord injury through rehabilitation and restoration of function. As research director, he co-leads the partnership, which includes spinal cord injury units at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Dr. Plant’s current research interests are spinal cord injury, human mesenchymal and induced pluripotent stem cell transplantation, olfactory ensheathing glia, Schwann cell biology and transplantation, peripheral nerve and optic nerve injury.
After receiving his PhD from the University of Western Australia, Dr. Plant completed his postdoctoral training at the Miami Project , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine under the mentorship of Professor Mary Bunge. He was also an inaugural member of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Research Consortium from 1996-2000. He then returned to Australia as director of the Eileen Bond Spinal Research Center and faculty member in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia. He joined the Neurosurgery faculty at Stanford in 2010.
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Administrative Appointments
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West Australian Council Representative, Australian Neuroscience Society (2006 - 2008)
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Curriculum committee, Stanford Neuroscience PhD program (2017 - Present)
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Steering Committee Member, Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Network (ANZSCIN) (2006 - 2008)
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Scientific Advisor, Spinal Cord Society of New Zealand (2007 - Present)
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Program Committee, Stanford Neuroscience PhD Program (2012 - 2017)
Honors & Awards
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Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence, Rotary International (2005)
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Raine Visiting Professor, University of Western Australia (Feb 2015)
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RD Wright Research Fellow, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (2004-2008)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Ad Hoc BNVT Merit Review Panel Member, National Institute of Health (2017 - Present)
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Ad Hoc CNNT Merit Review Panel Member, National Institute of health (2017 - Present)
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Editorial Board, Frontiers in Neurology (2018 - Present)
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Editorial Board Member, Cells (2018 - Present)
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Editorial Board Member, Cell Transplantation (Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering) (2015 - Present)
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Editorial Board Member, Neural Regeneration Research (NRR) (2012 - Present)
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Editorial Board Member, Annals of Neurology and Neuroscience (2015 - Present)
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Editorial Board Member, JSM Neurosurgery & Spine (2013 - Present)
Professional Education
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PhD, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Neuroscience (1995)
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BSc (Hons), University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom, Applied Biology (1990)