ICORD’s mission is to conduct research and training towards the development and translation of more effective strategies promoting prevention of spinal cord injury, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after SCI.
ICORD Principal Investigators have identified the following core values for ICORD:
Collaboration • Excellence • Integrity • Relevance
ICORD keeps a focus upon two Research Programs (CURE & Quality Of Life) with two cross-cutting Themes (Discovery Research & Clinical Research):
ICORD, as a research organization, is uniquely positioned to generate knowledge in the Discovery Research theme. Given ICORD’s location at Vancouver General Hospital and the involvement of key Vancouver Coastal Health clinicians in ICORD, we are uniquely positioned to conduct Clinical Research. We collaborate with other organizations in knowledge dissemination, where we move research findings into defining best clinical practice and health care policy. ICORD clearly has expertise in Knowledge Translation, but we will be more effective if we partner with outside organizations such as the Rick Hansen Institute and the BC Paraplegic Association in defining best practices or recommending policy changes.
