ICORD researchers win MSFHR Scholar Awards
ICORD Investigator Dr. Shannon Kolind and research scientist Dr. Babak Shadgan are among seventeen BC-based health researchers to have received 2018 Scholar Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. These important awards support researchers in the early stages Read More…
Examining Dr. E. Paul Zehr’s superpower
What do science and comic book superheroes have in common? Quite a lot, says ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Paul Zehr. Dr. Zehr has been using comic book superheroes as a platform for discussing science since the release of his first Read More…
ICORD PI Dr. E. Paul Zehr explores superhero science in “Chasing Captain America”
Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, comic Read More…
Dr. Brian Kwon wins ASIA Apple Award
ICORD PI Dr. Brian Kwon has been awarded the 2018 American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord rehabilitation literature. Dr. Kwon received the award for his article “Spinal cord perfusion pressure predicts neurologic recovery in acute Read More…
Annual Research Meeting 2018
ICORD held our fifteenth Annual Research Meeting on March 12 and 13. This year’s conference featured two visiting speakers, eleven research talks by ICORD and RHI researchers, and 51 poster presentations by ICORD staff and trainees from labs at UBC Read More…
