Strategic Investment Fund: Call for Proposals
The UBC Faculty of Medicine is now accepting Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) proposals for 2023.
Brian Kwon receives a C$2.4M grant from the United States Department of Defense for SCRIBBLE clinical trial and rapid testing to predict acute spinal cord injury severity and outcome
UBC researchers, led by Dr. Brian Kwon, have identified two blood proteins—neurofilament-light chain (NF-L) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)—that can be used to classify the severity of spinal cord injury and predict the extent of neurologic recovery of patients.
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.
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.