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Building on the success of the 2009 event, ICORD and the Vancouver Cantata Singers co-hosted the second annual Spinal Chord Gala on November 6, 2010. This year’s event had twice as many guests and included a live auction in addition to the silent auction. We received many generous donations and netted more than $32,000.
Spinal [...]
ICORD PhD Student Peggy Assinck has two new awards to add to her CV. Peggy recently won the “Best Poster” award at the Stem Cell Network Annual General Meeting in Calgary (November 22-24, 2010), for her poster entitled “Transplantation of Skin-Derived Precursors Differentiated into Schwann Cells (SKP_SCs) at Two Month After Spinal Cord Injury.” Last [...]
ICORD researchers are playing key roles in the Province’s first signature event Year of Science, Health and Science Expo, held November 25th and 26th at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver. The expo is designed to promote careers in health science. It is designed primarily for high school students, but open to all ages to [...]
The Effects of L-Carnitine on Fatigue in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrea Townson; Co-Investigators: Dr. Hugh Anton, & Dr. William C. Miller
Want to participate in our research study?
We are looking for individuals who are:
Spinal cord injury outpatients or individuals living with SCI in the community with moderate to severe fatigue.
What does [...]
Tickets are still available for what is shaping up to be the most exciting interdisciplinary fund raising event of the season: Spinal Chord is co-hosted by ICORD and the Vancouver Cantata Singers. It’s your chance to get all dressed up, hear an award-winning choir in the spectacular atrium of the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, [...]
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky and Megan MacGillivray conducted a study to determine the differences in crutch gait between the SideStixä crutch and a traditional crutch.
Although forearm crutches are helpful, many people experience overuse injuries as a result of using the forearm crutch. Injuries to the wrists, elbows and shoulders are commonly experienced with long-term use of [...]
Do you want to know how well you wheel?
Do you use a manual wheelchair for your day-to-day mobility?
Are you between 6 and 65 years of age?
Do you use 22”, 24” or 25” wheels on your wheelchair?
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky and Megan MacGillivray are conducting a study to determine the relationship between wheelchair skills and manual wheeling [...]
ICORD Investigators Drs. Tania Lam and Andrei Krassioukov have received funding from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia for a collaborative research project with Saudi researcher Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Yahya, funded through King Saud University’s Twinning Program.
Vancouver Acute Medical/Dental & Allied Staff • 2010 Award Winner, Scientific Achievement
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is an outstanding clinician-scholar in the field of autonomic dysfunction following spinal cord injury. Dr. Krassioukov, or “Dr. K” as he is affectionately known to patients, students and colleagues, chairs the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) [...]
Dr. John Steeves was recently named a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Distinguished Scholar In Residence for 2011. The Distinguished Scholars in Residence program was developed to bring to the Peter Wall Institute outstanding UBC faculty members with distinguished research records and commitment to interdisciplinarity.
