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Trainees receive poster awards at ICORD Annual Research Meeting
Poster awards are an important and valued part of the ICORD Annual Research Meeting. Through the support of generous donors, we were able to provide poster awards to ICORD trainees in three categories at our February 3-4 meeting.
The ICORD Trainee Award is for the best poster presented by an ICORD trainee at the Masters Student [...]
Travelling Health Fair comes to Blusson Spinal Cord Centre
This event is presented by the UBC Department of Health, Safety and Environment.
All UBC Staff and Faculty are welcome.
Friday March 5, 9:00- 4:30 pm
Sign up online to book your individual appointment for:
nutritional health, focused on weight loss;
nutritional health, focused on eating for energy and boosting your immune system;
depression screenings;
cardiovascular health assessment (blood pressure, body-mass [...]
ICORD researchers invent helmet that significantly reduces forces to neck during head-first impact
ICORD researchers, Dr. Peter Cripton, Director of the UBC Injury Biomechanics Laboratory, and PhD candidate, Tim Nelson, have invented a sports helmet that reduces direct impact to the neck by up to 56 per cent, according to preliminary tests. Dubbed Pro-Neck-TorTM, the patent-pending technology features a movable inner shell that guides the head to tilt [...]
Other international studies
A study taking place at Brunel University in West London, UK: SMILE: Spinal Cord Injury Measure for Intermittent Catheter Users: Quality of Life Evaluation
Clinical trials in SCI (linking to US National Institutes of Health): Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials
Dr. Brian Kwon named to Top-40-under-40 list for 2010
ICORD Researcher and VCH Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Brian Kwon has been named one of Business In Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40. The award honours corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders in British Columbia who have reached a significant level of success before the age of age 40. Click here for the full story.
Upcoming talk of interest: Dismissing the “Dis” in Disability
In these modern times, what is the value of drawing the distinction between able-bodied and disabled athletes? Do the disability categories of the Paralympics level the playing field for participants and allow them to showcase their abilities or does it discriminate against them by conveying the message that they cannot participate in the ‘real’ Olympics?
In [...]
Cardiovascular Health Clinic for 2010 Paralympic Athletes
Paralympian athletes are exposed to tremendous physical and emotional stress during training and competition, and athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI) have unique disadvantages during competition. One of these disadvantages is unstable blood pressure control. On a daily basis, individuals with SCI deal with either extremely low resting blood pressure, and/or uncontrolled episodes of high [...]
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov wins inaugural Alan T. Brown Foundation Award
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov has won the 2009 Alan T. Brown Foundation Award for research in Spinal Cord Injury, presented by the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA). This is the first year the Alan T. Brown Foundation SCI Research Award has been awarded. It is presented to a researcher, clinician, or group which has demonstrated excellence [...]
Spinal Chord gala gets rave reviews
“The choir was amazing – sublime, exquisite – a great treat for our ears!”
“We loved how the choir members mingled and chatted with the audience.”
“Your show last night was magnificent. I have seldom enjoyed myself that much.”
“Who would have thought that a research building designed to be universally accessible would turn out to have the [...]
Grant for ICORD Researchers to study improved mobilty in older power-wheelchair users
Dr. Bill Miller, an ICORD investigator and faculty member in the UBC Dept of Occupational Therapy & Occupational Sciences and GF Strong Rehab Centre, along with Drs. Gary Birch, Bonnie Sawatzky and several others, received $1,485,447 over 6 years through the Emerging Team Grant: Alliances in Mobility in Aging competition for their program of research, [...]
