What exactly is neuropathic pain, and why do we feel it? ICORD PI Dr. John Kramer recently acquired the first laser for pain research in BC, and he and his team are using it to answer some fundamental questions about Read More…
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Summer student shows impact of PARC
Burnaby South Secondary Grade 11 student Eliana Bond joined ICORD for six weeks in the summer of 2018 as part of our pilot Summer Research Program for Indigenous Youth.* She spent time working in the Ghahary, Tetzlaff, and Laule Labs, Read More…
ICORD researchers win MSFHR Scholar Awards
ICORD Investigator Dr. Shannon Kolind and research scientist Dr. Babak Shadgan are among seventeen BC-based health researchers to have received 2018 Scholar Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. These important awards support researchers in the early stages Read More…
Examining Dr. E. Paul Zehr’s superpower
What do science and comic book superheroes have in common? Quite a lot, says ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Paul Zehr. Dr. Zehr has been using comic book superheroes as a platform for discussing science since the release of his first Read More…
ICORD PI Dr. E. Paul Zehr explores superhero science in “Chasing Captain America”
Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, comic Read More…
Dr. Brian Kwon wins ASIA Apple Award
ICORD PI Dr. Brian Kwon has been awarded the 2018 American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord rehabilitation literature. Dr. Kwon received the award for his article “Spinal cord perfusion pressure predicts neurologic recovery in acute Read More…
Annual Research Meeting 2018
ICORD held our fifteenth Annual Research Meeting on March 12 and 13. This year’s conference featured two visiting speakers, eleven research talks by ICORD and RHI researchers, and 51 poster presentations by ICORD staff and trainees from labs at UBC Read More…
ICORD Dr. Matt Ramer performs on stage
Most of us know Dr. Matt Ramer as a researcher of neural regeneration following SCI, but he is also a prolific amateur actor. Dr. Ramer has appeared in more than forty performances of musical theatre and operetta in Canada, the Read More…
Electrical implant could improve daily activities for people with spinal cord injuries: study
An experimental treatment that sends electrical currents through the spinal cord has improved “invisible” yet debilitating side effects for a B.C. man with a spinal cord injury. A diving accident six years ago left Isaac Darrel, of Langley, B.C., with Read More…
Postdoctoral position in ICORD’s autonomic lab
ICORD, in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Campus, is seeking a postdoctoral fellow in discovery/basic science to join an established group of scientists and clinicians in the laboratory of Dr. Andrei Krassioukov for a two-year term (with possibility of Read More…
