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SBME Propels Series | Success Starts with the End in Mind: Human-Centered Design & Clinical Applications
UBC Orthopaedics faculty, Drs. Babak Shadgan and Pierre Guy, will explore their experiences integrating engineering and medicine throughout the research process at next week’s SBME Propels session!
Cameron Gee and Leili Ghazi Zadeh Receive Postdoctoral Fellow Awards for their Research Poster Presentations
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Cameron Gee and Dr. Leili Ghazi Zadeh, on their winning research poster presentations! The ICORD Symposium is organized by the trainees at International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) to promote and celebrate research at ICORD. The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Conference features world-leading keynote speakers in spinal cord injury research. ISCoS celebrated 60 years in 2021.
Faculty Spotlight – Shal Arneja
Meet Dr. Shal Arneja! He is a clinical instructor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and an orthopedic surgeon at Cowichan District Hospital on Vancouver Island. As a child, Dr. Arneja knew that he wanted to pursue orthopaedics. He fell in love with the west coast and the UBC Orthopaedic Program, so when the opportunity arose, he and his family moved to Cowichan Valley where he started an arthroscopy and athletic injuries program.
International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank launches a new website
The International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank (ISCIB) has launched a new website! The ISCIB is an initiative led by Dr. Brian Kwon and a multi-disciplinary team of experts based out of ICORD at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre. It’s mission is to advance the understanding of the biology of SCI and share these findings with the global SCI community. Researchers from anywhere in the world can submit requests for ISCIB biospecimens.
Dr. Babak Shadgan presents studies at the 2021 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport showing that modifying sports regulations prevents injuries
Dr. Babak Shadgan, Assistant Professor at UBC Department of Orthopaedics, presented the findings of two studies on sports injuries in Olympic Games at 2021 IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport in Monaco during 25–27 November.