Ryan Dorrian

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Biomedicine

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2021	Scholarship	Research Training Program Scholarship	University of Adelaide	Australia	-
2020	Scholarship	Faculty of Health and Medical Science Honours Scholarship	University of Adelaide	Australia	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2020 - 2020	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health and Medical Science (Honours)
2017 - 2019	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health and Medical Science (Advanced)

Research Interests

Brain injury Neurosciences Spinal cord Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health

Year	Citation
2025	Bessen, M. A., Gayen, C. D., Doig, R. L. O., Dorrian, R. M., Quarrington, R. D., Mulaibrahimovic, A., . . . Jones, C. F. (2025). Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and subarachnoid space occlusion following traumatic spinal cord injury in the pig: an investigation using magnetic resonance imaging. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 22(1), 6-1-6-16. DOI
2024	Dorrian, R. M., Leonard, A. V., & Lauto, A. (2024). Millimetric devices for nerve stimulation: a promising path towards miniaturization. Neural Regeneration Research, 19(8), 1702-1706. DOI
2023	Gayen, C., Bessen, M., Dorrian, R., Quarrington, R., Mulaibrahimovic, A., O'Hare Doig, R., . . . Jones, C. (2023). A survival model of thoracic contusion spinal cord injury in the domestic pig. Journal of Neurotrauma, 40(9-10), 965-980. DOI Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC5
2023	Dorrian, R. M., Berryman, C. F., Lauto, A., & Leonard, A. V. (2023). Electrical stimulation for the treatment of spinal cord injuries: A review of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive functional improvements.. Front Cell Neurosci, 17, 1-25. DOI Scopus33 WoS1 Europe PMC14

Year	Citation
2023	Bessen, M., Gayen, C., Quarrington, R., Walls, A., O’Hare Doig, R., Dorrian, R., . . . Jones, C. (2023). Spinal cerebrospinal fluid flow following traumatic spinal cord injury: an investigation using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging in the pig. Poster session presented at the meeting of Spine Week 2023: Spine Society of Australia 34th Annual Scientific Meeting. Melbourne.

Workshop facilitator for HLTH SC 1002 - Create. Communicate. Connect With Health and Medical Sciences

Advisor for Third-Year Health and Medical Science Research Placement

Date	Topic	Presented at	Institution	Country
2023 - ongoing	Evaluating the efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation via a novel graft-antenna to improve outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury	South Australian Annual Scientific Meeting	Australian Society for Medical Research	Australia
2022 - ongoing	Evaluating the efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation via a novel graft-antenna to improve outcomes following traumatic spinal cord injury	-	Australasian Neurotrauma Symposium	Australia
2021 - ongoing	Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury	Annual Scientific Meeting	Spine Society of Australia	-
2021 - ongoing	Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury	Florey Postgraduate Research Conference	Florey Medical Foundation, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide	-
2020 - ongoing	Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury	South Australian Annual Scientific Meeting	Australian Society for Medical Research	-