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ICORD Researchers Win MSFHR Scholar Awards

By June 27, 2018No Comments

ICORD Investigator Dr. Shannon Kolind and research scientist Dr. Babak Shadgan are among seventeen BC-based health researchers to have received 2018 Scholar Awardsfrom the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. These important awards support researchers in the early stages of their careers as they develop their research programs and grow their labs.

Dr. Kolind is an assistant professor in the division of Neurology in the UBC Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on using advanced MRI imaging techniques to study myelin loss and nerve damage that often occurs with SCI and neurological diseases: