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Krassioukov Lab receives two 2011 ICORD travel awards
The ICORD Travel Awards are designed to support travel costs to conferences, meetings, courses, or workshops for ICORD trainees and staff. Congratulations to Nazanin Moniri and Melissa Pak on their successful applications!
Lab website updated!
The lab website has been updated with member and project information. Please feel free to look around and find out what exciting things are happening in the Krassioukov lab. Enjoy!
CIHR Knowledge Translation Supplement (Spring 2011)
Congratulations to Shirley and Dr. Krassioukov, who have just received a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to create a web based education module on clinical management of autonomic dysreflexia. This project will be tailored to practicing paramedics and paramedic students across Canada. As these emergency medical providers are the first to [...]
Leanne Ramer: 2011 VCHRI Top Graduating Doctoral Student
Congratulations to Leanne, who was recently named a Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Top Graduating Doctoral Student for her outstanding research accomplishments and contributions to the scientific community. Well deserved!
ICORD Autonomic Symposium – a huge success!
On February 23, 2011, 120 clinicians, researchers, students and community members participated in the first ever International Symposium on Autonomic Dysfunctions following Spinal Cord Injury. The event focused on the latest advances in basic science and clinical research, as well as management of various autonomic dysfunctions that affect individuals with spinal cord injury. Invited speakers [...]
Partnership with King Saud University
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 [...]
2010 Award Winner, Scientific Achievement
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 [...]
Dr. Gillian Simonett wins the S. Stewart Murray Prize from UBC
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 [...]
Dr, Krassioukov and team recognized by IPC for work during 2010 Winter Paralympics
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, [...]
Sexual Device Manual Available
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 [...]
