Announcements
Dr. Gillian Simonett wins award
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 wins prestigious award
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 [...]
Just announced: Spinal Chord 2010
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 [...]
Dr. Janice Eng wins YWCA Women of Distinction Award
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 [...]
ICORD joins UBC Faculty of Medicine
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, [...]
Dr. Brian Kwon recognized for research contributions
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. [...]
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.
