RESEARCH NEWS

Congratulations to our 2023 Orthopaedic Research Day Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2023 Orthopaedic Research Day Award Winners

Each year, the UBC Department of Orthopaedics recognizes the incredible research by our trainees at our annual Orthopaedic Research Day event. We are pleased to announce the 2022 UBC Orthopaedic Research Day award recipients!

Dr. Raphaële Charest-Morin Awarded VCH Investigator Award

Dr. Raphaële Charest-Morin Awarded VCH Investigator Award

We are proud to announce that UBC Orthopaedics Assistant Professor Dr. Raphaële Charest-Morin has been awarded one of five 2023 Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Investigator Awards as a Clinician Scientist. This award recognizes Dr. Charest-Morin’s research on whole exome sequencing (WES) technology to assess completeness of primary bone tumour removal in the spine.

In the News! Wearable technology for respiratory disease monitoring

In the News! Wearable technology for respiratory disease monitoring

A new technique developed by UBC Orthopaedics Assistant Professor, Dr. Babak Shadgan, can help clinicians monitor vital signs in patients recovering from respiratory diseases using a wearable near-infrared spectroscopy sensor.

Project on Outcome Measure for Children with Lower Limb Differences Wins CIHR Funding

Project on Outcome Measure for Children with Lower Limb Differences Wins CIHR Funding

We are proud to announce that the project “International Study to Field-Test a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Children with Lower Limb Differences” has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

STABILITY Study Demonstrates Performance of Five-Strand Hamstring Autograft ACL Reconstruction

STABILITY Study Demonstrates Performance of Five-Strand Hamstring Autograft ACL Reconstruction

A subgroup analysis of the original STABILITY study for ACL reconstructions has been published online in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, featuring UBC Clinical Instructor Dr. Parth Lodhia, UBC Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert McCormack, Western University Assistant Professor Dr. Alan Getgood, and Western University Professor Dr. Dianne Bryant, as well as the entire STABILITY […]