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Ana Traikovski Klahr, PhD

Assistant Professor, Augustana - Social Sciences

Pronouns: She/Her

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Contact

Assistant Professor, Augustana - Social Sciences
Email
klahr@ualberta.ca
Address
2-06 Founders' Hall
4901 46 Ave
Camrose AB
T4V 2R3

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Health and Well-Being Neuroscience Stroke Seizures Animal Models of Stroke Program: Law Crime and Justice Studies Program: Psychology and Mental Health

About

  • Main research area: Stroke in animal models with a focus on seizures and sex differences.

  • My PhD is in Neuroscience, and I also have done a postdoctoral fellowship in Neurology (University of Alberta). 

  • Passionate about teaching, academic excellence, and leadership.

  • Intersectional feminist and Latin-American woman encouraging and endorsing of equity and diversity in the classroom, research, and work environment. 

Research

I am mainly interested in how we can use animal models of stroke to find therapies for patients. Currently, I am focusing on studying seizures in a female animal model of hemorrhagic stroke, and advocate for the use of female animals in preclinical research.

Teaching

I am a neuroscientist, so I tend to place an emphasis on the neurobiology of behaviour. I believe that learning should be student driven, collaborative, and honest. As a teacher, I encourage enthusiasm, curiosity, and critical thinking. I provide students with the skills to seek and master new knowledge at an independent and collective level. 


  • AUPSY 269 Principles of Learning
  • AUPSY 275 An Introduction to the Brain and Nervous System
  • AUPSY 343 Health Psychology
  • AUPSY 375 Neuroplasticity
  • AUPSY 377 Human Neuropsychology
  • AUPSY 441 Emotion
  • AUPSY 475 Brain Injury
  • AUPSY 483 Psychological Disorders

Courses

AUPSY 103 - Introduction to Psychology

The course focuses on the basic principles underlying human behaviour. Topics include the central nervous system, cognition, development, social, and personality, and mental health. AUPSY 103 is classified as a science course.

Winter Term 2027

AUPSY 269 - Principles of Learning

In-depth examination of classical and operant conditioning and social learning theory. This course provides an in-depth examination of conditioning principles and discusses how those principles can be used to modify behaviour. Topics covered may include reinforcement, extinction, punishment, schedules of reinforcement, stimulus discrimination, fading, stimulus-response chaining, generalization, modelling, Pavlovian conditioning, forgetting and concept learning. Prerequisites: AUPSY 103. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUPSY 269 and 369 (2021).

Fall Term 2026

AUPSY 275 - An Introduction to the Brain and Nervous System

Introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system, with a special emphasis on the brain. Prerequisite: AUPSY 103.

Winter Term 2026 Winter Term 2027

AUPSY 343 - Health Psychology: Biological Foundations

An overview of theory, research and practice of health psychology and behavioural medicine, with a focus on the interplay between biological and psychological factors. Prerequisites: AUPSY 269 or 275. Credit may be only obtained for only one of AUPSY 342 or 343.

Winter Term 2026

AUPSY 377 - Human Neuropsychology

Study of changes in mood, motivation, perception, attention, memory, and cognition, as revealed by structural alterations in the human brain. Prerequisite: AUPSY 275 or consent of the instructor.

Winter Term 2027

AUPSY 441 - Emotion

A survey of theory and research on affect and emotion science. Topics covered may include the history of emotion research, measurement and classification of specific emotions, neurobiology of emotions, cognitive and cultural influences, consequences of emotions/moods, and disorders of emotion. Prerequisite: AUPSY 240 or 275; third year standing.

Fall Term 2026

AUPSY 499 - Individual Study II

Fourth-year thesis research, report, and oral presentation. Prerequisite: AUPSY 497. Note: Admission to AUPSY 499 normally requires a grade point average of at least 3.5. An Application for Individual Study must be completed and approved before registration in the course.

Winter Term 2026

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Featured Publications

Acute Blood Pressure Lowering and Risk of Ischemic Lesions on MRI After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Ken S. Butcher, Brian Buck, Dar Dowlatshahi, Laura C. Gioia, Mahesh Kate, Ana C. Klahr, Ashwin Sivasubramaniam, Ashfaq Shuaib, Alan Wilman, Vijay K. Sharma, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Christos Krogias, Ashkan Shoamanesh

JAMA Neurology. 2025 April; 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.0586

A Systematic Review of Depth-Dependent Cytoprotection with Therapeutic Hypothermia for Cerebral Ischemia

THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA AND TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT. 2025 January; 10.1177/21537658251377958

A Pilot Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Neuroprotective Studies in Female Rodent Models of Ischemic Stroke

Translational Stroke Research. 2024 January; 10.1007/s12975-023-01134-8

The collagenase model of intracerebral hemorrhage in awake, freely moving animals: The effects of isoflurane

Brain Research. 2020 January; 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146593

Dabigatran Treatment of Acute Noncardioembolic Ischemic Stroke

Stroke. 2020 January; 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.027569

Lower Blood Pressure Is Not Associated With Decreased Arterial Spin Labeling Estimates of Perfusion in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019 January; 10.1161/JAHA.118.010904

Dabigatran Treatment of Acute Non-Cardioembolic Ischaemic Stroke: A Randomised Controlled Trial

SSRN. 2019 January; 10.2139/ssrn.3320200

Early hematoma retraction in intracerebral hemorrhage is uncommon and does not predict outcome

PLoS ONE. 2018 January; 10.1371/journal.pone.0205436

Mild contralesional hypothermia reduces use of the unimpaired forelimb in a skilled reaching task after motor cortex injury in rats

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2018 January; 10.1089/ther.2017.0037

Quantitative susceptibility mapping for following intracranial hemorrhage

Radiology. 2018 January; 10.1148/radiol.2018171918

Temperature Control in Rodent Neuroprotection Studies: Methods and Challenges

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2017 January; 10.1089/ther.2016.0018

The intracerebral hemorrhage acutely decreasing arterial pressure trial II (ICH ADAPT II) protocol

BMC Neurology. 2017 January; 10.1186/s12883-017-0884-4

Neuroprotectants: Temperature

Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases: Second Edition. 2017 January; 10.1016/B978-0-12-803058-5.00040-0

Prolonged Localized Mild Hypothermia Does Not Affect Seizure Activity after Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2016 January; 10.1089/ther.2015.0028

Seizure Activity Occurs in the Collagenase but not the Blood Infusion Model of Striatal Hemorrhagic Stroke in Rats

Translational Stroke Research. 2015 January; 10.1007/s12975-014-0361-y

Prolonged Hypothermia in Rat: A Safety Study Using Brain-Selective and Systemic Treatments

Angela M. Auriat, Ana C. Klahr, Gergely Silasi, Crystal L. MacLellan, Mark Penner, Darren L. Clark, Frederick Colbourne

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 2012 March; 10.1089/ther.2012.0005

Prolonged therapeutic hypothermia does not adversely impact neuroplasticity after global ischemia in rats

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2012 January; 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.38

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