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Peter Cripton

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Professor
Research Focus
Bones, Joints and MusclesBrain and Nerves Rehabilitation Intervention
Degrees / Designations

M.Sc., PhD

Contact Info
injury.mech.ubc.ca
peter.cripton@ubc.ca
604-675-8835
pcripton
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Biography

Dr. Peter Cripton is a principal investigator at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). He is a professor and associate director of the Undergrad BME program in the School Biomedical Engineering, an associate faculty member in the Department of Orthopaedics and an associate faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), as well as co-director of the UBC Orthopaedic and Injury Biomechanics Group. 

Dr. Cripton has undergraduate degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Dalhousie University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, respectively. He has a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in mechanical engineering from Queen's University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and spent three years consulting with engineering and consulting company Exponent in Philadelphia prior to moving to UBC. His work focuses on using the principles of biomechanics to prevent injuries through work known as injury biomechanics. This is the field principally involved in the design of safety devices such as helmets, airbags, seatbelts and ski bindings. He works specifically on novel methods to prevent hip fractures, brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. 

Research Studies

MRI Scans

Effects of Sex on Belt Fit in Relation to Skeletal Geometry

News and Awards

New data could revolutionize seat belt design

Mar 18, 2022

A snow sport helmet designed with concussions top of mind

Sep 18, 2020

Ask an expert: Do I really need to wear a bicycle helmet (even on good hair days)?

Oct 26, 2015

Publications

  • Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology -

    The Lack of Sex, Age, and Anthropometric Diversity in Neck Biomechanical Data.

    Booth GR, Cripton PA, Siegmund GP
  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Duraplasty in Traumatic Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury: Impact on Spinal Cord Hemodynamics, Tissue Metabolism, Histology, and Behavioral Recovery Using a Porcine Model.

    Streijger F, Kim KT, So K, Manouchehri N, Shortt K, Okon EB, Morrison C, Fong A, Gupta R, Allard Brown A, Tigchelaar S, Sun J, Liu E, Keung M, Daly CD, Cripton PA, Sekhon MS, Griesdale DE, Kwon BK
  • Journal of biomechanical engineering -

    Load-Sharing and Kinematics of the Human Cervical Spine Under Multi-Axial Transverse Shear Loading: Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation.

    Whyte T, Barker JB, Cronin DS, Dumas GA, Nolte LP, Cripton PA
  • Journal of biomechanics -

    Technique and preliminary findings for in vivo quantification of brain motion during injurious head impacts.

    Whyte T, Liu J, Chung V, McErlane SA, Abebe ZA, McInnes KA, Wellington CL, Cripton PA
  • Scientific reports -

    A neck compression injury criterion incorporating lateral eccentricity.

    Whyte T, Melnyk AD, Van Toen C, Yamamoto S, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA
  • Journal of biomechanical engineering -

    An Automated Kinematic Measurement System for Sagittal Plane Murine Head Impacts.

    McInnes KA, Abebe ZA, Whyte T, Bashir A, Barron C, Wellington CL, Cripton PA
  • Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) -

    Skiing and snowboarding head injury: A retrospective centre-based study and implications for helmet test standards.

    Stuart CA, Brubacher JR, Yau L, Yip R, Cripton PA
  • Journal of biomechanics -

    Technique and preliminary findings for in vivo quantification of brain motion during injurious head impacts.

    Whyte T, Liu J, Chung V, McErlane SA, Abebe ZA, McInnes KA, Wellington CL, Cripton PA
  • Bone -

    Subject-specific ex vivo simulations for hip fracture risk assessment in sideways falls.

    Fleps I, Fung A, Guy P, Ferguson SJ, Helgason B, Cripton PA
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