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	<title>ICORD &#187; Cripton</title>
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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>ICORD researchers invent helmet that significantly reduces forces to neck during head-first impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icord.org/news/icord-researchers-invent-helmet-that-significantly-reduces-forces-to-neck-during-head-first-impact/</link>
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