Study: Better information on concussion in youth sport is needed
More than half of concussions in North America are among youth, the most at-risk group for brain injury from sports. To tackle this issue, researchers at the University of British Columbia Vancouver are seeking participants to take part in the SHRed Concussions study...
Congrats on your retirement, Dr. Stanwick!
[Photo: Blast from the Past: Dr. Richard Stanwick giving a presentation at the BC Injury Prevention Conference in 2008.] After over 25 years working in public health, Dr. Richard Stanwick retired in January 2022. Dr. Stanwick worked as Island Health Authority’s...
Project to use virtual reality to help police recognize brain injuries
BCIRPU Associate Director Dr. Shelina Babul will collaborate with UBC Okanagan Professor Dr. Paul van Donkelaar on a project that will pilot a virtual reality training tool to help police recognize signs and symptoms of brain injury from concussion and strangulation...
Dr. Shelina Babul promoted to Clinical Professor
Please join us in extending our sincere congratulations to Dr. Shelina Babul on her promotion by the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, to Clinical Professor. This promotion is in recognition of Dr. Babul’s ongoing program of research, and in...