BC Government announces funding for PARC
Provincial MLA Naomi Yamamoto and BC Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux were at ICORD on July 14th to announce some exciting news: a $350,000 investment by the Province to support ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC), a Read More…
ICORD researchers win Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Awards
We are pleased to announce that Drs. Chris West and John (Kip) Kramer both received Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Awards. The awards were announced today by MSFHR: Thirty-two exceptional BC health researchers have been named recipients of Scholar awards through Read More…
ICORD researcher releases ground-breaking data
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable debilitating condition characterized by inflammation and pain in the joints. Because of this, people with RA may suffer from chronic pain, as well as restricted range of motion, leading to a lower quality of Read More…
Seed grants awarded for Spring 2014
Seed Grants are designed to support novel research projects proposed by ICORD Principal Investigators and Investigators. Funding for these initiatives is provided by the Rick Hansen Foundation through the Blusson Integrated Cures Partnership. The following projects were funded in the Read More…
Prestigious awards received by ICORD biomechanics trainees Carolyn van Toen and Jackie Soicher
One former and one current ICORD trainee have recently been awarded prestigious awards from the Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium and the Northwest Biomechanics Symposium for their work on spinal cord injury biomechanics! Carolyn van Toen was awarded the Hines Award for best Read More…
