Provincial MLA Naomi Yamamoto and BC Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux were at ICORD on July 14th to announce some exciting news: a $350,000 investment by the Province to support ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC), a Read More…
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ICORD researchers win Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Awards
We are pleased to announce that Drs. Chris West and John (Kip) Kramer both received Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Awards. The awards were announced today by MSFHR: Thirty-two exceptional BC health researchers have been named recipients of Scholar awards through Read More…

ICORD researcher releases ground-breaking data
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable debilitating condition characterized by inflammation and pain in the joints. Because of this, people with RA may suffer from chronic pain, as well as restricted range of motion, leading to a lower quality of Read More…

Seed grants awarded for Spring 2014
Seed Grants are designed to support novel research projects proposed by ICORD Principal Investigators and Investigators. Funding for these initiatives is provided by the Rick Hansen Foundation through the Blusson Integrated Cures Partnership. The following projects were funded in the Read More…

Prestigious awards received by ICORD biomechanics trainees Carolyn van Toen and Jackie Soicher
One former and one current ICORD trainee have recently been awarded prestigious awards from the Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium and the Northwest Biomechanics Symposium for their work on spinal cord injury biomechanics! Carolyn van Toen was awarded the Hines Award for best Read More…

Congratulations to Jacquelyn Cragg, ASIA Apple Award recipient!
Congratulations to ICORD trainee Jacquelyn Cragg and her colleagues Dr. Vanessa Noonan and ICORD PIs Drs. Andrei Krassioukov, and Jaimie Borisoff, for winning the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury (SCI) research! Read More…

Dr. John Steeves is one of this year’s Wall Scholars Research Award recipients.
Dr. John Steeves was recently awarded a 2014 Wall Scholars Research Award from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. This award is awarded to UBC Faculty members based on the candidate’s scholarly achievements, excellence in research proposal for innovative research Read More…

ABC of Autonomic Dysreflexia awarded bronze in the Horizon Interactive Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Krassioukov and his colleagues, who have won two awards for their ABC of Autonomic Dysreflexia online course in the Horizon Interactive Awards competition! The Horizon Interactive Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in interactive media and awards the best websites, videos, Read More…

Two new awards for visiting trainees and scholars
We are pleased to announce two new awards! The VISIT program is for international trainees, and the ICORD Distinguished Visiting Scholar is available for scholars who are visiting ICORD. Funding for these opportunities is provided by the Rick Hansen Foundation as part of Read More…

PARC featured on Breakfast Television
ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) was featured on Breakfast Television! On the morning of Thursday Feb 27th, Breakfast TV LiveEye host Dawn Chubai came in to the PARC to talk with ICORD Research Developer Jocelyn Tomkinson about the important Read More…