Mind Cure Announces Addition of Neuroscientist Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff to Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Tetzlaff, a world-renowned researcher and scientist with decades of experience in neuroscience, is known for his innovative and multidisciplinary approach

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 13, 2020 /CNW/ - Mind Cure Health Inc. (CSE: MCUR) ("Mind Cure" or the "Corporation") is pleased today to announce the addition of Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff to the company's advisory board. Dr. Tetzlaff will bring to Mind Cure a disciplined and collaborative approach to experimental science. Known globally for his research, he serves as the Director of ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries) at the University of British Columbia, where he leads a team of researchers as they work towards finding cures for spinal cord injuries.

Dr. Tetzlaff brings to Mind Cure's scientific advisory board decades of research in neuroscience, and is world-renowned for his work in neuroregeneration and plasticity in the injured spinal cord. Spinal cord injuries frequently cause a number of comorbidities that are focuses of research at Mind Cure, such as depression. He also will give Mind Cure's research team access to an expansive and multidisciplinary population of leading scientific minds at UBC.

Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff stated, "I look forward to joining the world-class team of scientists and researchers on the Mind Cure advisory board. Mental health is a universal concern in people with spinal cord injury, and unlike those who are terminally ill or may recover from an injury, these people have to adjust to a new normal, limited by their paralysis and other dysfunctions, for the rest of their life. Sadly, life span is shortened by many years – even decades - due to multiple causes, including an increased suicide rate. I believe there are more effective medicines and treatments in the pipeline, and I look forward to researching and discovering them with Mind Cure."

"At Mind Cure, we know it is going to take innovative research and collaboration to find new ways to treat mental health," said Philip Tapley, Mind Cure Chairman, President, and CEO.  "Dr. Tetzlaff's immense experience and expertise in neuroscience and nutrition, as well as his innovative approach and relationships will help to lead and validate further research into nootropic and psychoactive product candidates that could support the mental health and wellness of patients recovering from spinal cord injuries.

About Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff

Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff is the Director of ICORD and a Professor in the Departments of Zoology and Surgery at the University of British Columbia. He also holds the John and Penny Ryan British Columbia Leadership Chair in Spinal Cord Research. He obtained his M.D. at the University of Essen, completed his Dr. med. at Ruhr-University Bochum and his Ph.D. at the University of Calgary.

Research in Dr. Tetzlaff's laboratory is focused on neural protection and neural repair, working on strategies to protect the spinal cord and brain in the early phases after injury, including with nutrition, and to promote recovery after spinal cord/brain injury by stimulating endogenous stem cells.

Service in Organizations

• Editorial Board, Journal of Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair (NNR)
• Review Committee, NSB, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Scientific Advisory Board, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (KSCIRC), University of Louisville - past
• Scientific Advisory Committee, Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (CDRF) - past
• Editorial Board, Journal of Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair (NNR)
• Advisory Board, Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) - past

Awards

• BC Leadership Chair in Spinal Cord Injury
• Chair in Spinal Cord Research (UBC & Rick Hansen Foundation, 1995)
• Medical Research Council of Canada Faculty Scholarship
• Alberta Heritage Foundation Faculty Scholarship
• Alberta Heritage Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Fellowship Award of the Max-Planck Society

About Mind Cure Health Inc.
Mind Cure is a mental health and wellness company with a mission to identify, develop and commercialize products that ease suffering, increase productivity, and enhance mental health. It is the therapeutic potential of nootropics, psychoactive products, and psychedelic substances to treat the profound distress of a world suffering from a mental health crisis that led to the formation of Mind Cure.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Philip Tapley, Chairman, President, and CEO
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Forward-looking information is based on a number of key expectations and assumptions made by Mind Cure, including, without limitation: the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Canadian economy and Mind Cure's business, and the extent and duration of such impact; no change to laws or regulations that negatively affect Mind Cure's business; there will be a demand for Mind Cure's products in the future; no unanticipated expenses or costs arise; Mind Cure will be able to continue to identify products that make them ideal candidates for providing solutions for treating mental health; that the functional mushroom industry will continue to grow; the addition of Dr. Tetzlaff will help Mind Cure on research and drug discovery across the nootropic and psychedelic spectrum including advancing the research of potential treatments for depression suffered by patients recovering from spinal cord injuries and that Dr. Tetzlaff will be successful in giving Mind Cure's research team access to an expansive and multidisciplinary population of leading scientific minds at UBC; and Mind Cure will be able to operate its business as planned. Although the forward-looking information contained in this news release is based upon what Mind Cure believes to be reasonable assumptions, it cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such information.

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