UBC researchers lead $24 million project to treat spinal cord injury
A new multidisciplinary team—named Mend the Gap—is working on a novel approach that may someday help people with spinal cord injury. The Mend the Gap team recently received $24 million from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Transformation stream to investigate using biomaterials—and soft gels in particular—to heal the injury.
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.
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.
Masoud Malakoutian Received the Dean’s Graduate Thesis Award
Congratulates to Dr. Masoud Malakoutian on receiving the Dean’s Graduate Thesis Award for his PhD thesis that examines the biomechanical properties of the paraspinal muscles (the muscles that move the spine) in adults with spinal deformities to identify which biomechanical properties might lead to week back muscles and spinal deformities in older adults.
Faculty Spotlight – Raphaële Charest-Morin
RAPHAËLE CHAREST-MORINCLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Division:Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Site:Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital Can you share a little bit about your educational background and journey, and how you got to where you are today? What inspired you to work in orthopaedics, specifically spine surgery? I was born and raised in Québec city. For as long as […]