ICORD Associate Director of Clinical Research, Dr. Brian Kwon, is one of three winners of the inaugural Craig H. Neilsen Visionary Award. Dr. Kwon and award-winners Andrea Dalzell and Reveca Torres, will each receive US$1 million, in honour of late entrepreneurial leader Craig H. Neilsen. Continue reading
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Apply now: Indigenous summer student program
ICORD is pleased to offer two paid summer positions for indigenous high school students (finishing grade 10 or 11) to learn about SCI research. Students will have the opportunity to do small projects in a variety of labs at ICORD, Read More…
ICORD postdoc wins prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO award
On February 11, 2019, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO announced the 21st International Award For Women in Science, which honours outstanding women scientists from all over the world. These exceptional women Read More…
ICORD researchers investigate cognitive impairment in people with SCI
by Vivian Sum, originally published in the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Insider When people think of spinal cord injury (SCI) they tend to focus on paralysis and body movement. But post-injury, the biggest health risk is actually cardiovascular disease— it’s Read More…
ICORD Postdoctoral Fellow wins L’Oréal-UNESCO fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Jacquelyn Cragg has just returned from the French Embassy in Ottawa, where she received a L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowship. The $20,000 fellowships are awarded to support major postdoctoral research projects undertaken by young Canadians at 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…
Electrical implant could improve daily activities for people with spinal cord injuries: study
An experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved “invisible” yet debilitating side effects for a B.C. man with a spinal cord injury. A diving accident six years ago left Isaac Darrel, of Langley, B.C., with Read More…
‘Gut feeling’ spurs doctor to re-examine evidence on urinary tract infections in people with SCI
People with spinal cord injuries often rely on catheters to empty their bladder. When a well-respected publication concluded that catheters could be reused without an increased risk of infection, it didn’t sit right with a Vancouver clinician and researcher. He Read More…
Dr. Chris West shows SCI affects the heart
Spinal cord injury affects the heart – that’s what research published in Experimental Physiology and carried out by by ICORD PI Dr. Chris West has found. The heart undergoes changes after spinal cord injury that are dependent on how severe Read More…
New UBC President visits ICORD
On August 29, marking the start of his third week in office, UBC President Santa Ono journeyed off campus to explore cutting-edge research being led by UBC researchers based at the Eye Care Centre and ICORD, both located on the Read More…
