Dave Wilson and Bas Masri awarded $300,000 grant to measure cartilage mechanics using UBC’s unique Open MRI
Dr. Dave Wilson and Dr. Bas Masri, along with co-applicants Piotr Kozlowski and Alex Rauscher, were awarded an Arthritis Society Strategic Operating Grant of more than $300,000 over 3 years for their research project, Imaging measures of cartilage mechanics.
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellow Dr. Mark Xu Awarded an AO Trauma North America Fellows Research Support Grant
Dr. Mark Xu, a Division of Orthopaedic Trauma Fellow, was awarded an AO Trauma North America Fellows Research Support Grant ($10,000 USD) for the 2021–22 academic year for his project Long term reoperation rate following open reduction and internal fixation of talar neck fractures: A population-based minimum 10 year follow-up investigation.
Faculty Spotlight – Emily Schaeffer
Meet Dr. Emily Schaeffer! She is a Research Associate with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and Research Director for Pediatric Orthopaedics at BC Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on pediatric orthopaedic hip conditions and musculoskeletal trauma. She currently runs the Hippy Global Registry Program, which includes registries on developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE).
Dr. Dena Shahriari Receives NSERC Discovery Grants for Spinal Cord Research
Dr. Dena Shahriari among Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded more
than $3.9 million through 2022 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) programs.
Faculty Spotlight – David Wilson
Meet Dr. David Wilson! He is a professor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and an orthopaedic engineering researcher at the Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre. He’d like to see his research set the foundations for interventions that lead to joints that are pain-free and functional longer.