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ICORDians receive King Charles III Coronation Medals

Drs. Stacy Elliott, Andrei Krassioukov, Brian Kwon, Wolfram Tetzlaff and Marcel Dvorak have received King Charles III Coronation Medals as Spinal Cord Injury Research Trailblazers. This honour recognizes Canadians who have made a lasting impact in communities, territories, regions, and Read More…

ICORD Director receives UBC’s premier award for research

ICORD Director Dr. Brian Kwon has received the Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize for 2024. This prestigious award, UBC’s premier award for research, recognizes his outstanding contributions as a surgeon-scientist to spinal cord injury research. Dr. Kwon is the first recipient of this prize from the Read More…

Dr. Brian Kwon appointed as new ICORD Director

Dr. Brian Kwon has been appointed Director of ICORD for a five-year term effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029. Dr. Kwon is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, an associate member of the School of Biomedical Engineering Read More…