Hon. Leona Aglukkaq announces funding for cardiovascular health study
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Health Minister, was at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Friday February 24th to announce new funding for research on cardiovascular health for people with SCI. The team research project, led by ICORD Researcher Dr. Read More…
Cardiovascular health and spinal cord injury: the surprising truth
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), who develop the chronic disease at younger ages and greater rates than the able-bodied population. This is a surprising fact — both for people who Read More…
ICORD presents a symposium at AAAS
ICORD researchers will be joining with other eminent faculty from within Canada and the US to present Curing Spinal Cord Injury: The Need for Global Collaboration at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver. This meeting brings together approximately 8000 scientists Read More…
2012 ICORD Annual Research Meeting wrapup
ICORD’s Annual Research Meeting for 2012 took place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on February 21st and 22nd. The two-day event included plenary talks by world-renowned SCI experts Drs. Charles Tator, Michael Fehlings and Naomi Kleitman, and was attended Read More…
Café Scientifique will be webcast
In response to requests from around the globe, ICORD’s first Café Scientifique event, Spinal cord injury research: it’s not rocket science, it’s harder, will be webcast (for both live-streaming and later viewing). Click here to join in or view the webcast. Read More…
