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Dr. Gillian Simonett, who just completed her Masters thesis with Dr. Andrei Krassioukov, has won the S. Stewart Murray prize. This prize has been endowed by donations from the Health Officers of British Columbia in honour of Dr S. Stewart Read More…

ICORD Trainee Claire Jones from the Orthopaedic & Injury Biomechanics Lab was awarded Margaret H. Hines award for best oral presentation award May 18 at the Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium. This is a prestigious international conference held annually at Ohio Read More…

Save Saturday, November 6th, 2010, for one of the year’s most unique fund raising events! Spinal Chord is a gala evening in support of ICORD and the Vancouver Cantata Singers. This is your chance to get all dressed up, hear Read More…

ICORD Researcher Dr. Janice Eng has won the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Health and Active Living. Dr. Eng is a researcher in the ICORD program at VGH and Brain Research Centre at UBC Hospital. Read More…

On March 21, 2010, Rick Hansen celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the start of his world tour. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and BC Premier Gordon Campbell visited ICORD’s research space in the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre as part of the Read More…

Effective March 4th, 2010, ICORD was repositioned from the UBC College for Interdisciplinary Studies to the Faculty of Medicine. This change to the reporting relationship of ICORD reflects both the strong interprofessional focus across health disciplines for research and patient Read More…

Brian Kwon, ICORD Researcher and Associate Professsor in UBC’s Department of Orthopaedics, won the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. The award is given to outstanding authors who are under Read More…

Poster awards are an important and valued part of the ICORD Annual Research Meeting. Through the support of generous donors, we were able to provide poster awards to ICORD trainees in three categories at our February 3-4 meeting. The ICORD Read More…

This event is presented by the UBC Department of Health, Safety and Environment. All UBC Staff and Faculty are welcome. Friday March 5, 9:00- 4:30 pm Sign up online to book your individual appointment for: nutritional health, focused on weight Read More…