ICORD researchers cited as experts in recent news stories
ICORD Principal Investigators Drs. Andrei Krassioukov and Carolyn Sparrey were consulted recently as experts for stories in The Province and Maclean’s Magazine. In an article printed in The Province on September 17, Dr. Krassioukov speaks about the direction he hopes Read More…
Aziz Ghahary and Ryan Hartwell test promising anti-scarring drug
ICORD PI Dr. Aziz Ghahary and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Ryan Hartwell have developed a drug that they hope will prevent scarring and autoimmune disease. The drug, called Fibrostop, is currently in clinical trials. Read about the invention here, or watch Read More…
Funding available for international initiatives (Fall 2015)
Are you a researcher outside of Canada who’d like to collaborate with the researchers at ICORD? Applications for the VISIT program for international trainees and the ICORD Distinguished Visiting Scholar are being accepted until October 8, 2015 Funding for these Read More…
ICORD researchers aim to make paralympic sport fairer
ICORD’s Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and a group of researchers will be working with athletes from around the world at the 2015 Parapan Am Games in Toronto in an effort to make competition safer and fairer for people with SCI. Dr. Read More…
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kwon, recipient of the Marcel Dvorak Chair in Spine Trauma!
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kwon, Associate Director of Clinical Research at ICORD and Director of Research for the Vancouver Spine Research Program, who has been appointed as the inaugural recipient of the Marcel Dvorak Chair in Spine Trauma at Vancouver Read More…
