September 25 to October 1 is BC Concussion Awareness Week. Learn more about the BCIRPU’s Concussion Awareness Week activities. Even though a concussion can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at any time, it’s well-known that athletes are at risk of concussion while...
BCIRPU Director Dr. Ian Pike will lead the Vancouver study site on injuries and concussions in female youth rugby, as part of a large study funded by World Rugby that will take place across Canada and the United Kingdom. Led by University of Calgary researchers Drs....
BCIRPU’s Dr. Shelina Babul says that her recent sabbatical allowed her to catch-up on the projects that were on hold due to COVID-19, review the current literature, further some of the work that she is most passionate about, and just decompress from Zoom fatigue. Dr....
BCIRPU researchers are co-authors on a new study that describes the risk that people are likely to experience an illicit drug overdose following the prescription of opioids to treat an injury. The study, Risk of non-medical drug overdose following prescription of...
BCIRPU Scientist Dr. Mariana Brussoni has received an additional $1.3 million in funding for the second phase of her project to improve outdoor play among young children three to five-years-old who attend daycare. Dr. Brussoni’s lab received the uplift from the...
[Image courtesy of Parachute] Each year, more than 2,000 British Columbians die, around 35,000 are hospitalized, and more than 8,000 are left with a permanent disability as a result of injury. An average of $3.1 billion is spent on the treatment of injuries to British...