Tag Archives: SCI

From NWRSCIS Adjusting to a Spinal Cord Injury – Sadness, Grief, and Moving Forward

The latest e-alert from the NIDRR-funded Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Center (NWRSCIS) just popped into our inboxes and it’s too good not to share. It highlights several resources developed by the NWRSCIS targeted toward individuals and families experiencing … Continue reading

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Kessler Foundation Launches Workplace Culture and Socialization Survey (WCS)

The Kessler Foundation launches the Workplace Culture and Socialization Survey (WCS) led by John O’Neill, PhD, CRC, Director of Employment and Disability Research. Researchers are recruiting U.S. volunteers with spinal cord injury for a pilot study of people with disabilities … Continue reading

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Health Outcomes Research, Capacity Building, and Underserved Populations with Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries

The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research’s (NIDRR) funding priority Capacity Building for Rehabilitation Research and Training covers various project types including those dealing with disability and rehabilitation research. Today, we will look at the Center on Health Outcomes … Continue reading

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Cultural Competency in Hispanics/Latinos with Spinal Cord Injury

September National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month and Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th through October 15th).  According to the National Spinal Cord Association there are approximately 200,000 people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States.  According to … Continue reading

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Living with SCI: A Legless Summer

Pascale Honore and her sons Morgan and Tom are hitting the road this summer on what they call a “Legless Summer” trip. The 50-year-old Australian native remembers growing up along the coastal town of Elliston, doing what she loved—surfing. That … Continue reading

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MLB Historic Draft Pick

Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks franchise made history early this month by selecting Cory Hahn in the 34th round of the 2013 MLB draft. “It was a very emotional selection for us to make,” Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall said on … Continue reading

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Webcast: Secondary Conditions after SCI in a Population-based Cohort

The NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Secondary Conditions in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury will present “Secondary Conditions after SCI in a Population-based Cohort” Thursday, May 30th at 2pm EDT. Lee Saunders, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, MUSC College of … Continue reading

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SCIRehab Phase 3 Published in Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

The November 2012 Special Issue of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine features the results of the NIDRR-funded, multi-site SCIRehab Project. The Project was funded by the NIDRR to Craig Hospital (H133A060103 and H133N060005), The Mount Sinai School of Medicine … Continue reading

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MSKTC anuncia nuevas fichas informativas en español

El Centro de los Sistemas Modelo acerca la Traducción del Conocimiento (MSKTC por sus siglas en inglés) ha anunciado la ampliación de su página Web para incluir fichas en español para los consumidores en relación con lesiones de la médula … Continue reading

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Caregivers of Individuals with SCI or Burn Injury are needed for Health Information Study!

The NIDRR-funded Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) is recruiting for two health information studies related to spinal cord injury (SCI) and burn injury.  MSKTC is asking individuals who serve as primary caregivers to someone who has sustained a SCI … Continue reading

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