By admin on October 30, 2010
ICORD Investigators Drs. Tania Lam and Andrei Krassioukov have received funding from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia for a collaborative research project. The title of the joint research project is Pharmacological interventions and rehabilitation for spinal cord injury. The project will involve both faculty exchanges and graduate student training. Dr. Lam expects that the collaborative research will start with Saudi students coming to ICORD labs to learn techniques or complete aspects of the projects, and eventually lead to UBC ICORD graduate students going to Riyadh to work in their facilities.
Drs. Lam and Krassioukov, and ICORD Acting Director Dr. Tom Oxland, recently visited the King Saud University campus in Riyadh. There they gave presentations about ICORD research, and also met with the University Rector.
Dr. Lam is excited about the project, saying this could the start of larger collaborations. “My feeling is that when they see our commitment to work collaboratively with them, this partnership could expand to include other groups at ICORD and UBC, depending on our initial success.”
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By admin on October 14, 2010
Congratulations to Dr. Krassioukov for receiving the 2010 Vancouver Acute Medical/Dental & Allied Staff Award for Scientific Achievement. See below for the official announcement:
“Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is an outstanding clinician-scholar in the field of autonomic dysfunction following spinal cord injury. Dr. Krassioukov, or “Dr. K” as he is affectionately known to patients, students and colleagues, chairs the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and the International Autonomic Standards Committee. He has received several awards for his research, including the 2009 Alan T. Brown Foundation Award from ASIA for his body of work in autonomic function following spinal cord injury. His research on cardiovascular control in spinal cord injured athletes during the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games received international media coverage and was recently recognized with special medals and certificates from Sir Philip Craven from the International Paralympic Committee and John Furlong from VANOC. Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is a physiatrist with the Spinal Cord Program at GF Strong Rehab Centre and a researcher with the ICORD spinal cord research program at VCH Research Institute and UBC.”
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By bnguyen on June 28, 2010
Dr. Gillian Simonet has been awarded the S. Stewart Murray Prize Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine for work on he Master’s thesis. The prize was endowed by donations from the Health Officers of British Columbia in honour of Dr S Stewart Murray who contributed greatly to the development of public health services in British Columbia and assisted in the establishment of the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine. The prize is awarded to a graduate student, for meritorious scholarship in the field of public health, preventive medicine, or epidemiology.
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By bnguyen on June 4, 2010
May 12, 2010. Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and his team were presented with honorary medals from the International Paralympic Committee.
Read more about Dr. Krassioukov’s work here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/03/04/the-danger-of-paralympic-boosting/
Photos of the awards being presented at GF Strong on May 12, 2010.
Paralympic Cardiovascular Research Team with their honorary medals and awards from the IPC.
Left to Right: Dr. Andrei Krassioukov, Shirley Wong, Amira Tawashy, Jessica Inskip
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By bnguyen on January 19, 2010
Under the direction of Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and Dr. Stacey Elliot, Edith MacHattie and Kate Naphtali have finished their manual entitled “Sexual Device Manual for Persons with Disabilities”. The manual was released back in September of 2009 and was fund through the DHRN. The manual has been featured in the fall 2009 issue of the DHRN Link newsletter. Follow the link below for the full article.
[DHRN Link]
[Download a copy of the manual here]
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By bnguyen on January 11, 2010
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By admin on December 7, 2009
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov has won the 2009 Alan T. Brown Foundation Award for research in Spinal Cord Injury, presented by the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA). This is the first year the Alan T. Brown Foundation SCI Research Award has been awarded. It is presented to a researcher, clinician, or group which has demonstrated excellence in translating basic science research developments to clinical care on secondary conditions, long term outcomes and/or issues relating to aging after spinal cord injury.
Dr. Krassioukov received the award in recognition of his clinical and basic science research in autonomic function following SCI. He was Chair of ASIA’s International Committee to develop standards for the evaluation of autonomic functions in individuals with SCI. These standards were recently published in Spinal Cord (January 2009) and endorsed by two major international societies involved in research and clinical management of individuals with SCI: ASIA and International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS).
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By admin on December 1, 2009
Paralympian athletes are exposed to tremendous physical and emotional stress during training and competition, and athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI) have unique disadvantages during competition. One of these disadvantages is unstable blood pressure control. On a daily basis, individuals with SCI deal with either extremely low resting blood pressure, and/or uncontrolled episodes of high blood pressure. The latter is called autonomic dysreflexia (AD). Low blood pressure and a poor response from the heart results in significant fatigue and presents a serious problem for athletes during both training and competition. In contrast to low blood pressure, AD is a life-threatening situation whereby individuals with cervical and upper thoracic injuries experience a drastic increase in blood pressure. If left untreated, AD can lead to bleeding in the brain and/or death.
ICORD researcher Dr. Andrei Krassioukov is an expert in AD, and has just received funding from the Craig Neilsen Foundation to bring evidence-based clinical knowledge and crucial practical information on unstable arterial blood pressure control among athletes with SCI to Paralympians and their coaches at Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.
This project is a collaboration between clinicians and scientists from ICORD, individuals with SCI in the BC Wheelchair Sports Association and former Paralympic athletes.
This project has been approved by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and recently received financial support from The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.
For more details, and how to particiapte, check out the poster.
Here are a few members of the team:
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