COVID-19 update

The Craig H Neilsen Foundation has generously provided funding to support people with SCI in BC facing the COVID-19 pandemic. ICORD activities have been moved to working from home. Read more here. Continue reading

Postdoctoral fellow position available

Dr. David Granville is recruiting a two-year postdoctoral research fellow starting January 2021, to be involved in translational research pertaining to pathophysiological roles of the serine protease family, granzymes, in the context of inflammation, injury, and repair in dermatological, autoimmune, Read More…

ICORD celebrates #WomenInScience

Today is the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, and to celebrate, we’re honoured to profile a few amazing ICORD women who offer a variety of perspectives on what it’s like to be a woman in science. Please meet: Read More…

Peter Cripton

Peter Cripton elected to IRCOBI council

ICORD PI Dr. Peter Cripton has been elected to the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) for a five year term. The IRCOBI mission is to educate and provide an academic forum for the dissemination of best practices Read More…

image of the myelin water atlas

Myelin water atlas published

ICORD PhD student Kevin Liu has created an MRI-based in vivo normative atlas of myelin content in the spinal cord. This large collection of spinal cord MRIs from healthy living people can be used as a reference for researchers investigating demyelination Read More…