Happy Holidays! Please note the following holiday hours at ICORD: PARC will be closed from December 20 until January 4. The ICORD Administrative Office will be closed from December 24 until January 4. The Blusson Spinal Cord Centre will be Read More…
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Dr. Peter Cripton answers questions about bike helmets
Do you wear a helmet when you cycle? ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Peter Cripton was recently featured in Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute’s Ask an Expert series. In the article published on October 26, 2015, Dr. Cripton answers questions about the Read More…
ICORD researcher wins international science communication award
ICORD Principal Investigator E. Paul Zehr has won the Society for Neuroscience’s Science Educator Award, a recognition given to two neuroscientists each year for a devotion to outreach and public education in neuroscience. “To have your efforts acknowledged by your Read More…
Spinal Chord Gala funds equipment grants
With funds raised by the annual Spinal Chord Gala, ICORD recently awarded four new equipment grants to Principal Investigators. Drs. Tom Oxland and Peter Cripton: $3,300 for a 3D printer: 3D printing allows us to create objects that are impossible Read More…
ICORD researchers cited as experts in recent news stories
ICORD Principal Investigators Drs. Andrei Krassioukov and Carolyn Sparrey were consulted recently as experts for stories in The Province and Maclean’s Magazine. In an article printed in The Province on September 17, Dr. Krassioukov speaks about the direction he hopes Read More…
Aziz Ghahary and Ryan Hartwell test promising anti-scarring drug
ICORD PI Dr. Aziz Ghahary and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Ryan Hartwell have developed a drug that they hope will prevent scarring and autoimmune disease. The drug, called Fibrostop, is currently in clinical trials. Read about the invention here, or watch Read More…
Funding available for international initiatives (Fall 2015)
Are you a researcher outside of Canada who’d like to collaborate with the researchers at ICORD? Applications for the VISIT program for international trainees and the ICORD Distinguished Visiting Scholar are being accepted until October 8, 2015 Funding for these Read More…
ICORD researchers aim to make paralympic sport fairer
ICORD’s Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and a group of researchers will be working with athletes from around the world at the 2015 Parapan Am Games in Toronto in an effort to make competition safer and fairer for people with SCI. Dr. Read More…
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kwon, recipient of the Marcel Dvorak Chair in Spine Trauma!
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kwon, Associate Director of Clinical Research at ICORD and Director of Research for the Vancouver Spine Research Program, who has been appointed as the inaugural recipient of the Marcel Dvorak Chair in Spine Trauma at Vancouver Read More…
Spring 2015 Seed Grant recipients announced
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2015 Seed Grants. These grants are designed to support novel research projects proposed by ICORD Principal Investigators and Investigators, and are made possible with the support of the Rick Hansen Foundation, ICORD Read More…
