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Dr. Hubert Anton antonClinical Associate Professor, Div. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UBC. Research interests: fatigue, functional evaluation, assessment of outcomes, rehabilitation.
Dr. Gary Birch BirchExec. Director, Neil Squire Society; Adjunct Professor., UBC Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Research interests: robotic control systems, EEG signal processing, digital signal processing, human-machine interface systems, direct brain-computer interface, biological signals, biological systems, assistive technology, accessible wireless technology, real-world application design for persons with disabilities.
Dr. Paul Bishop BishopPaulClinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: standardization of treatment for acute spinal pain, treatment of sciatica.
Dr. Michael Boyd Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: reconstruction of injured spine; neuro-prosthetic and clinical relief of spinal pain and spasticity.
Dr. Mark Carpenter carpenterAssistant Professor & Tier II Canada Research Chair, Department of Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: neural control and movement, balance deficits and falls associated with age, Parkinson’s disease, vestibular loss and spinal cord injury; exercise, training and treatment strategies to improve age and disease-specific balance deficits and reduce the occurrence and impact of falls.
Dr. Romeo Chua chuaAssociate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: Human motor control, visual perception and action.
Dr. Victoria Claydon claydonAssistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, SFU. Research interests: Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology; altitude physiology; cerebrovascular control; autonomic nervous system; spinal cord injury; syncope.
Dr. Peter Cripton criptonAssociate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC. Research interests: Injury biomechanics, orthopaedic biomechanics, injury prevention. Dr. Cripton co-directs the Orthopaedics and Injury Biomechanics lab at ICORD.
Dr. Kerry Delaney delaneyProfessor, Biology, UVic. Research interests: Synaptic physiology, dendritic integration, neuronal growth, fluorescence imaging technologies.
Dr. Anita Delongis delongisAssociate Professor, Psychology, UBC. Research interests: stress and coping, social relationships and health, health psychology.
Dr. Marcel Dvorak dvorakAssociate Director of ICORD. Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: SCI trauma, quality assurance and surgical outcome studies.
Dr. Stacy Elliott elliottClinical Director, BC Centre for Sexual Medicine; Co-Director, Vancouver Sperm Retrieval Clinic; Sexual Medicine Consultant GF Strong Rehab Centre, UBC & VCH. Research interests: sexual and fertility rehabilitation after SCI, autonomic dysreflexia and neuroplasticity associated with sexual activity
Dr. Janice Eng engProfessor, Physical Therapy, UBC & VCH. Research interests: neurorehabilitation.
Dr. Charles Fisher fisherAssistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: SCI trauma, surgery and epidemiology of SCI.
Dr. Susan Forwell forwellClinical Instructor, Neurology; Senior Instructor, Occupational Therapy, UBC. Research interests: participation measures and outcomes for adults and older adults with neurological disability, quality of life and life satisfaction, invisible symptoms impacting performance, ie. fatigue, pain, cognition, depression.
Dr. Thomas Grigliatti grigliattiProfessor, Zoology, UBC. Research interests: human functional genomics, Pharmacogenetics, cell signaling and drug discovery,  chromatin architecture and epigenetic regulation.
Dr. Andy Hoffer hofferProfessor, Kinesiology, SFU. Research interests: Neuromuscular rehabilitation, neuroprosthetics, neuroimaging, biomechanical energy harvesting.
Dr. Timothy Inglis InglisProfessor, Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: Human neurophysiology, balance and postural control, brainstem contributions to movement, rehabilitation.
Dr. Piotr Kozlowski KozlowskiAssistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Urologic Sciences, UBC. Research interests: MRI in animal models of spinal cord injury, MRI in cancer research.
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov krassioukovAssociate Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: Autonomic dysfunctions following SCI. Dr. Krassioukov’s website.
Dr. Brian Kwon kwonAssistant Professor,  Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: Spine and spinal cord injury
Dr. Tania Lam lamAssistant Professor, Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: Neural control of locomotion, gait rehabilitation in neurological disorders
Dr. Bill Miller MillerAssociate Professor, Occupational Therapy, UBC. Research interests: mobility disability, aging, participation, fatigue, measurement.
Dr. Wayne Moore mooreClinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Neuropathology), UBC; Consultant Neuropathologist. Research interests: neuropathology and pathology-MRI correlation in multiple sclerosis; neuropathology of spinal cord injury.
Dr. Mike Negraeff negraeffAnesthesiologist & Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC & VCH.  Research interests: spinal cord injury pain.
Dr. Mark Nigro Clinical Professor, Urologic Sciences, UBC & VCH. Research interests: male infertility, spinal cord and neurogenic bladder.
Dr. Tim O’Connor oconnorAssociate Professor, Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC. Research interests: neurite outgrowth and regeneration.
Dr. Tom Oxland oxlandInterim Director of ICORD. Professor, Orthopaedics and Mechanical Engineering, UBC & VCHRI. Research interests: biomechanics of spinal cord injury; orthopaedic biomechanics. Dr. Oxland co-directs the Orthopaedics and Injury Biomechanics lab at ICORD.
Dr. Scott Paquette Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine, UBC & VCH. Research interests: Resection of intra and extra-dural spinal tumors, reconstruction of injured spine, surgical treatment of spinal pain and spasticity, surgical education.
Dr. Matt Ramer ramer09Associate Professor, Zoology & ICORD, UBC. Research interests: Pain, sensory physiology, plasticity, spinal cord regeneration.
Dr. Jane Roskams roskamsProfessor, Zoology, UBC. Research interests: Interests: olfactory ensheathing cells and neural stem cells and CNS repair.
Dr. David Sanderson SandersonProfessor, Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: Amputee locomotion, lower-limb muscle mechanics, wheelchair propulsion mechanics.
Dr. Bonnie Sawatzky sawatzkyAssociate Professor, Orthopaedics, UBC & VCH.  Bonita Sawatzky focuses her research on the physiological and biomechanical effects of wheelchair propulsion in both adults and children in hopes of improving function and decreasing long-term overuse injuries as a result of wheelchair propulsion. She co-leads the Disability Health Research Network for BC. This network focused on bringing researchers, students and community groups together to address issues related to those with disabilities.
Dr. William Sheel sheelAssociate Professor, Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: Respiratory, cardiovascular and exercise physiology.
Dr. John Steeves steevesFounding Director of ICORD (1995 to 2010). Professor, CFIS, Zoology, Surgery, Cellular & Physiological Sciences, UBC & VCH. Research interests: CNS regeneration; preclinical validation and clinical trial design
Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff tetzlaffAssociate Director of ICORD. Professor, Zoology, UBC. Research interests: spinal cord disease, neuroanatomy, plasticity, regeneration, transplantation, trauma, nervous system, developmental neurobiology.
Dr. Andrea Townson townsonClinical Associate Professor and Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UBC; Medical Site Lead, GF Strong Rehab Centre, VCH. Research interests: Spinal cord injury, high tetraplegia, ventilator dependency, outcome measures, fatigue.
Dr. Darren Warburton warburtonAssistant Professor, Human Kinetics, UBC. Research interests: clinical exercise rehabilitation, cardiovascular disease.
Dr. David Wilson wilsonAssociate Professor, Orthopaedics, UBC. Research interests: orthopaedic biomechanics, medical imaging.
Dr. E. Paul Zehr zehr copyProfessor (Kinesiology & Neuroscience) and Director, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria. Research interests: Neural control of movement, neurotrauma, rehabilitation.