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Music in Motion 2012 – September 18
Join friends and colleagues for an evening of classical and contemporary music in support of bone and joint health. Click here for more information or to buy tickets.
Dr. Marvin Fritzler Receives Top Research Award
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) celebrated the work of exceptional researchers when they announced the six recipients of the 2011 CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Awards on Jan 23. A …
Dry Eye Relief Thanks to Research in Knee Osteoarthritis
Thanks to Dr. Tannin Schmidt, professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and member of the Executive Committee of the McCaig Institute, those struggling with dry eye syndrome, may soon find some relief. While studying osteoarthritis, Dr. Schmidt discovered that the …
Recent Awards: Drs. Paul Salo, Ken Thomas, and Carmen Brauer
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Salo and Dr. Ken Thomas for receiving the 2011 COREF Award for their study titled: “Derivation of a Clinical Prediction Guide in the Diagnosis of Facet Joint Mediated Pain in the Cervical Spine”. Because of the …
Dr. Nick Mohtadi’s Acute Knee Injury Clinic delivering quicker and cheaper elite level of care
For the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who will injure a knee this year, getting the right treatment at the right time can become the biggest challenge. But a unique clinic in Calgary is offering a new way to give …
Congratulations to Dr. David McErlain for receiving the T. Chen Fong Fellowship in Medical Imaging Science
Dr. McErlain will be developing a method, to non-invasively assess three-dimensional bone structure and strength with existing clinical CT equipment. His hopes are to bridge the gap between what can be measured in the laboratory and what can be visualized …
Reed Ferber, Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary has created a 3-D gait analysis system he believes will radically transform the way we treat injured runners.
“Peering into a professor’s biomechanic crystal ball” by Ben Kaplan, National Post There’s a kinesiology professor at the University of Calgary who estimates that running injuries cost the Canadian taxpayer $2.9-billion a year. “That’s only in out-of-pocket expenses to get …
New Report, Co-authored by Dr. Dianne Mosher, Division Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Calgary and member of the McCaig Institute indicates that Arthritis is a $33 billion burden on Canadians
Although it has been described as an invisible disease, the impact of arthritis on the Canadian economy can’t be ignored. A new report from the Arthritis Alliance of Canada (AAC) estimates that osteoarthritis (OA) – the most prevalent form of …
First Annual High-Res CT in International Arthritis Research
Dr. Cheryl Barnabe is leading the charge on bringing together, for the first time, key Principal Investigators from around the world who use HR-pQCT for arthritis research. Principal Investigators from Canada (British Columbia and Alberta), USA, France, Germany and Switzerland …
Music in Motion Galas Raise More Than $1 Million for Bone and Joint Health Care in Alberta
The 2011 Music in Motion galas in Calgary and Edmonton have raised more than $1 million to improve care and rehabilitation for Albertans with bone and joint disease. Canadian singing sensation Nikki Yanofsky brought the audience to their feet repeatedly …