ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Brett Hilton is one of 28 neuroscientists in Canada who have been awarded $100,000 each in research funding, as part of Brain Canada’s 2022 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program. The Future Leaders in Canadian Read More…
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ICORD celebrates the International Day for Women & Girls in Science
Join your friends and colleagues for a special event to celebrate the International Day for Women and Girls in Science. We’re planning an informal get-together in the atrium with refreshments, fun interactive displays about ICORD research to engage younger visitors, Read More…
UBC researchers lead $24m project to treat SCI
A key challenge in treating traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)—the kind caused by impact from a car crash, a fall, a sporting activity or a violent act—is repairing the gap that is formed when the spine is broken. This gap, Read More…
Fall 2020 Seed Grants
With the generous support of the Rick Hansen Foundation, ICORD was able to award seven seed grants in the Fall 2020 competition. We are very grateful for this ongoing and extremely valuable support. Quality of safety reporting in acute spinal Read More…
Research could change how blood pressure is managed in spinal cord injury patients
ICORD principal investigators Dr. Christopher West and Dr. Brian Kwon and their research teams have published a study that challenges the current standard for managing blood pressure in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). The findings could lead to a Read More…
SCI research at UBC receives $48M grant
An international research team, co-led by ICORD PI Dr. Brian Kwon, has received a $48 million grant (US$36.5M) for research that aims to improve long-term outcomes for patients with SCI. The five-year project—made possible through a grant from the United Read More…
Dr. Brian Kwon wins inaugural Craig H. Neilsen Visionary Prize
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
Dr. John Kramer joins APT
On September 1, 2020, ICORD PI Dr. John Kramer became an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics. “I’m very excited for my laboratory to join the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, and Read More…
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…
