2008
News and Events
- CIHR Cafe Scientifique Presents: Fit not FrailActivities to Promote Health at Any Age or Ability
- Age, obesity drive growth in joint replacementsAn older and increasingly heavier population has led to a doubling - and in some age groups even a tripling - in the number of Canadians who have had their hips or knees replaced over the past decade, a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information reveals.
- Arthritis Research Centre of Canada Research RoundsDr. Dave Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, is presenting on Mechanics and osteoarthritis.
- The Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & YukonThe deadline for the Doctoral Research Award and the Research Fellowship is November 1st, 2008.
- UBC Researchers Invent Helmet that Significantly Reduces Forces to Neck During Head-first ImpactUniversity of British Columbia researchers have invented a sports helmet that reduces direct impact to the neck by up to 56 per cent, according to preliminary tests.
- Centre for Hip Health Receives $10 M in B.C. Provincial BudgetWe are pleased to announce that in the recent Provincial Budget, the government awarded $10 million to the Centre for Hip Health
- New CT scanner provides new detailsAn innovative CT scanner, one of only five in the world, is providing researchers in Vancouver with detailed information like they have never seen before.
- Too much TV time for kids: ReportSedentary lifestyle may lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes
- CHHM Trainee AccoladesCongratulations to the following CHHM Trainees!