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Dr. Bonnie Sawatzky is one of the PIs at ICORD who studies the biomechanics and functional of wheeled mobility and also on the committee that plans the International Seating Symposium every other year in Vancouver. The symposium typically hosts about 800-900 attendees. More and more Australians are coming to the conference because they find they [...]
Our 2009-10 report features highlights of ICORD’s programs, research, people and partners. Download ICORD’s 2009-10 Annual Report.
Hard copies of the report are available from the ICORD Administrative Office. Call 604-675-8844 or email admin@icord.org to request a copy.
Download Appendix 1: Selected Publications
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Dr. Gillian Simonett, who just completed her Masters thesis with Dr. Andrei Krassioukov, has won the S. Stewart Murray prize. This prize has been endowed by donations from the Health Officers of British Columbia in honour of Dr S. Stewart Murray who contributed greatly to the development of public health services in British Columbia and [...]
ICORD Trainee Claire Jones from the Orthopaedic & Injury Biomechanics Lab was awarded Margaret H. Hines award for best oral presentation award May 18 at the Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium. This is a prestigious international conference held annually at Ohio State University and there were many excellent papers presented there this year. Claire is a [...]
Save Saturday, November 6th, 2010, for one of the year’s most unique fund raising events!
Spinal Chord is a gala evening in support of ICORD and the Vancouver Cantata Singers.
This is your chance to get all dressed up, hear an award-winning choir in the spectacular atrium of the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, enjoy fabulous hors [...]
ICORD Researcher Dr. Janice Eng has won the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Health and Active Living.
Dr. Eng is a researcher in the ICORD program at VGH and Brain Research Centre at UBC Hospital. She is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Department [...]
On March 21, 2010, Rick Hansen celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the start of his world tour. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and BC Premier Gordon Campbell visited ICORD’s research space in the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre as part of the celebratory events.
Pictured from left to right: Dr. David Farrar (VP Research, UBC); Dr. David Ostrow [...]
Effective March 4th, 2010, ICORD was repositioned from the UBC College for Interdisciplinary Studies to the Faculty of Medicine.
This change to the reporting relationship of ICORD reflects both the strong interprofessional focus across health disciplines for research and patient outcomes and the strong connections to Vancouver Coastal Health and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
Also, [...]
Brian Kwon, ICORD Researcher and Associate Professsor in UBC’s Department of Orthopaedics, won the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.
The award is given to outstanding authors who are under 40 years of age or no more than seven years beyond training. [...]
