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		<title>Trainee Research Symposium takes place May 10th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ICORD Trainee Research Symposium, now in its second year, will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Thursday, May 10th. This Symposium is a one-day trainee-run initiative designed to give trainees a chance to present their research and hear from two plenary speakers studying different aspects of SCI research.
This year’s invited speakers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICORD student wins Vanier Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many congratulations to Mali Poormasjedi, a PhD student with Dr. Aziz Ghahary, who has just received a prestigious three-year Vanier Scholarship in the amount of $150,000. The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program is administered by Canada’s three research granting agencies  (the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Natural Sciences and  Engineering Research Council [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/icord-student-wins-vanier-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>Stem cells: safe or sinister? Cafe Scientifique will be webcast on May 3.</title>
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Thanks to the generous support of Spinal Cord Injury BC, we are pleased to be able to webcast tonight&#8217;s Cafe Scientifique. Click here to tune in.
Everyone is welcome at a free Café Scientifique event.
Thursday 3 May, 6:30-9pm
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Atrium
Join ICORD researchers for refreshments and informal discussion about scientific and ethical issues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/stem-cells-safe-or-sinister/</link>
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		<title>Researchers receive funding for vibration study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ICORD researchers Dr. Peter Cripton and Dr. Brian Kwon have received funding from the United States Department of Defense for a unique interdisciplinary study that may lead to changes in the way that individuals are transported immediately following spinal cord injury (SCI).
The $2.3 million Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development Award is funding a project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/researchers-receive-funding-for-vibration-study/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Peter Cripton wins UBC Killam Teaching Prize</title>
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Congratulations to ICORD Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Cripton, for winning a 2011-2012 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. In addition to teaching in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Cripton is also co-director of the Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Lab at ICORD and a member of the UBC/VCHRI Centre for Hip Health and Mobility.
Killam Teaching Prizes are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/dr-peter-cripton-wins-ubc-killam-teaching-prize/</link>
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		<title>Cardiovascular health and spinal cord injury: the surprising truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), who develop the chronic disease at younger ages and greater rates than the able-bodied population.
This is a surprising fact &#8212; both for people who suffer a spinal cord injury, as well as their health caregivers, but a prestigious research grant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/cardiovascular-health-and-spinal-cord-injury-the-surprising-truth/</link>
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