Mustafa Hassam works as a volunteer at the Community Resource Centre in the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre. He was recently profiled by WelcomeBC. See his inspiring story here:
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ICORD Trainees & Staff honoured
A number of ICORD trainees and staff members have recently received awards! Jess Inskip is a PhD Candidate in Dr. Victoria Claydon’s lab at Simon Fraser University. She recently received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Read More…
Hoopfest Fun
Trainee Peggy Assinck organized a team of enthusiastic ICORDians to play in HoopFest2012, a fundraising event in support of the BC Wheelchair Basketball Association. The team placed much better than last year’s entry, finishing in 5th place overall. Click here Read More…
Trainee Research Symposium takes place May 10th
The ICORD Trainee Research Symposium, now in its second year, will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Thursday, May 10th. This Symposium is a one-day trainee-run initiative designed to give trainees a chance to present their research Read More…
Stem cells: safe or sinister? Cafe Scientifique will be webcast on May 3.
Thanks to the generous support of Spinal Cord Injury BC, we are pleased to be able to webcast tonight’s Cafe Scientifique. Click here to tune in. Everyone is welcome at a free Café Scientifique event. Thursday 3 May, 6:30-9pm Blusson Read More…
Researchers receive funding for vibration study
ICORD researchers Dr. Peter Cripton and Dr. Brian Kwon have received funding from the United States Department of Defense for a unique interdisciplinary study that may lead to changes in the way that individuals are transported immediately following spinal cord Read More…
Dr. Peter Cripton wins UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Congratulations to ICORD Principal Investigator, Dr. Peter Cripton, for winning a 2011-2012 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. In addition to teaching in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Cripton is also co-director of the Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Lab at ICORD Read More…
ICORD student wins AAAS poster competition
Congratulations to Diana Hunter, PhD student in Dr. Matt Ramer‘s research group. Diana presented a poster at the Student Poster Competition of the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver last month, and her entry, A Very Large Organelle in Sympathetic Neurons, Read More…
Hon. Leona Aglukkaq announces funding for cardiovascular health study
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Health Minister, was at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Friday February 24th to announce new funding for research on cardiovascular health for people with SCI. The team research project, led by ICORD Researcher Dr. Read More…
Cardiovascular health and spinal cord injury: the surprising truth
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), who develop the chronic disease at younger ages and greater rates than the able-bodied population. This is a surprising fact — both for people who Read More…
