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ICORD has Moved into the Blusson Spinal Cord CentreICORD has started its move into the new Blusson Spinal Cord Centre. The ICORD adminsitrative office can now be found on the 3rd Floor - 818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. In addition ICORD researchers have started to move their research activities into the building. The staged move-in process will continue through the coming months. Stay tuned for further updates. ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) is an interdisciplinary research centre for the development of effective strategies to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury. This unique initiative brings together spinal cord injury researchers from the Sciences, Medicine, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Engineering, Education, and community-based Humanities research. ICORD is working to facilitate the discovery and implementation of relevant solutions to improve functional recovery, mobility, community integration and quality of life for people with spinal cord injury. ICORD at a glance, 2007/8
ICORD website noticeICORD Please note, we are currently upgrading our web server. During this time, some features of the ICORD website may not be fully functional. We hope to have the system fully restored shortly. We thank you for your patience during this time. If you are having trouble finding a specific item, please call our administrative office (1.604.822.2673). |
ICORD's 2007/8 Annual Report is now available online: 
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Segway Study featured on Global TV
Dr. Bonnie Sawatzky's research study on the impact of the Segway Personal Transporter for people with SCI was featured on Gloab TV News.
Please click here to learn about the study and how you can get involved.
Dr. Gary Birch appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
On Dec. 30, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, appointed ICORD member and Executuve Director of the Neil Squire Society, Dr. Gary Birch an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to the development of the Neil Squire Society, an organization that develops programs, services and assistive technology for people with physical disabilities, and for his determination and ingenuity in helping Canadians with disabilities to achieve a higher quality of life." ICORD extends its most enthusiastic congratulations to Dr. Birch for this most deserving honour.
For more information on Dr. Birch's appointment and the Order of Canada, please visit the Govenment of Canada website.
For more information on the Neil Squire Society, please click here.
Dr. Paul Bishop awarded the ICORD Research Professorship in Non-Operative Spine Care and Research
ICORD member, Dr. Paul Bishop, has been awarded the ICORD Research Professorship in Non-Operative Spine Care and Research. This academic appointment is supported by funding from the Ontario Chiropractic Association. Several multicentre, national-scale research initiatives have already started, with the overall goal being to develop a Canada-wide network of non-operative spine clinicians who will provide the highest standard of evidence-based care to their patients. Specifically, these research investigations will define the gold-standard, nonoperative treatments for patients with differing underlying lumbar and cervical spine acute injuries and chronic degenerative pathologies. This will include chiropractors working as part of a team of spine clinicians in a hospital-based spine program state-of-the-art outpatient clinic as well as in basic science research involving the biomechanics and molecular biology of spine injury and pathology.
To read the press release, click here, and for more information, click here.
ICORD/Neil Squire Society Researcher and Four-time Paralympian returns from Beijing with a third Paralympic Medal
ICORD and Neil Squire Society researcher, Dr. Jaimie Borisoff returned home from the Beijing Paralympics with is third Paralympic Medal, adding a Silver Medal to the 2 Gold medals he won with Canada's Wheelchair Basketball team in Sydney and Athens. For the full story click here
ICORD researchers invent helmet that significantly reduces forces to neck during head-first impact.
ICORD researchers, Dr. Peter Cripton, Director of the UBC Injury Biomechanics Laboratory, and PhD candidate, Tim Nelson, have invented a sports helmet that reduces direct impact to the neck by up to 56 per cent, according to preliminary tests. Dubbed Pro-Neck-TorTM, the patent-pending technology features a movable inner shell that guides the head to tilt slightly forward or backward in a head-on impact, thus allowing dissipation of direct loads to the cervical spine. The inner shell mechanism is deployed only when the wearer lands head-first with a certain speed and angle at impact. It works otherwise like existing sports helmets.
Click here to read the official news release.
Click here to visit the Pro-Neck-TorTM website and learn more about this new invention.
SCIRE: Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence - available online.
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Job posting: A PhD or Postdoctoral Fellow position is available with researchers at International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD) at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver Campus.
The successful candidate will study activity-dependent changes and upper limb rehabilitation following spinal cord injury (SCI) utilizing clinical testing and neurophysiological recordings, and apply novel treatment devices and tools.
The main objectives are to improve rehabilitation strategies in human SCI, foster translational research to understand the gap between pre-clinical findings and treatment options in humans, and provide new assessment strategies to evaluate beneficial or adverse effects of new interventional therapies.
Click here to learn more
Job posting: Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate position in Autonomic Research and Cardiovascular Physiology
A two-year, full-time Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate position in Autonomic Research and Cardiovascular Physiology is available with International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD) at the University of British Columbia. The successful candidate will be expected to perform research in the area of human cardiovascular autonomic control following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Click here to learn more.
Job posting: Research Associate Position at ICORD in the area of functional genomics and proteomics of severe spinal cord injury models
A two-year, full or part time Research Associate position is available with ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries) at the University of British Columbia. The Research Associate will join a research group working on the functional genomics and proteomics of severe spinal cord injury models.
Click here to learn more.
