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ICORD student competes internationally

ICORD PhD student Seth Tigchelaar is representing UBC in the international Universitas 21 3-Minute Thesis competition. The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) challenges graduate students to explain their research to a non-scientific audience in three minutes or fewer. Seth, who is Read More…

Work Learn students start the new term at ICORD

Welcome to Jessica McDougal, who starts her new job as a Clinical Research Assistant with Drs. Patricia Mills and Luke Harris today. Jessica is one of 15 UBC Work Learn students hired to work in a variety of roles at Read More…

ICORD innovators receive funding from MSFHR

Four ICORD PIs have received Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) grants from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. This funding is designed to support translational researchers in the health and health services sectors — to advance their discoveries or inventions Read More…

Five ICORDians win MSFHR Awards

This week, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research announced the recipients of their Scholar and Research Trainee Awards. These grants go towards furthering the MSFHR’s mission to fund innovative and promising research in British Columbia. Many ICORDians have benefited Read More…

Postdoctoral position in ICORD’s autonomic lab

ICORD, in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Campus, is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to join an established group of scientists and clinicians in the laboratory of Dr. Andrei Krassioukov for a two-year term (with possibility of extension), starting Read More…

Postdoc position available

Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to join his established group of scientists and clinicians for a two year term (with possibility of extension), starting immediately. Dr. Krassioukov’s basic and clinical research has been focused on autonomic Read More…

Spring 2017 Seed Grants announced

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2017 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…

PARC wins 2017 Accessible City Award

ICORD’s Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) was honoured with the 2017 Accessible City Award at the City of Vancouver Awards of Excellence ceremony last night. These awards recognize outstanding achievements made by individuals and organizations, and celebrate excellence in five Read More…

ICORD trainee sparks parasport research collaboration

ICORD trainee sparks parasport research collaboration ICORD PhD student Cameron Gee has won the Four-Year Fellowship from the University of British Columbia’s School of Kinesiology and a Mitacs Accelerate Award, both of which will help bring an exciting collaborative research Read More…