American Spinal Injury Association

ASIA is excited to announce that the online InSTeP e-Learning modules have been updated to include the 2019 International Standards for Classifying Spinal Cord Injuries. Click here to read more about the 2019 ISNCSCI revisions. CME has also been added.

• If you were enrolled in the InSTeP training after March 1, 2019 you should have received an email detailing how to access the training. If you did not receive the email please check your spam folder. Due to extensive changes in the course, any individual who had begun the training will need to restart and fully take the course in its entirety, even if portions had been completed prior to the update. We apologize for any inconvenience.
• If you were enrolled in the training prior to March 1, 2019 you will need to go to https://asia.learnshare.com/ to create a new account and purchase training.

If you have any issues contact email4help@torrancelearning.com

We want to hear from you! The development team requests feedback for the new website SCITrialsFinder.net  .  Please note that the website is currently focused on improving the user experience for individuals with SCI.  In the future we will be working towards functionality to assist scientists and other stakeholders involved with SCI clinical trials.  SCITrialsFinder.net will also present an analysis of it’s progress at ASIA 2020.  We’ll be looking for your input there to continue to enhance SCITrialsFinder.net as a useful tool for the SCI Community.  Send comments and suggestions to: feedback@SCITrialsFinder.net

The ASIA Awards Committee requests nominations for the 2020 Apple Award and Vogel Award

The Apple Award is for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation research. This annual prize is given for the best published paper by a clinician or researcher in the preceding calendar year. Nominations will be accepted from the field for articles which address clinical or basic science research in spinal cord medicine. The Apple Award is named in honor of David F. Apple, Jr., MD, founding member and past president of the American Spinal Injury Association. Apple Award details here.

The Vogel Award is given for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in pediatric SCI rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year. The Vogel Award honors Lawrence C. Vogel, M.D., a recognized world expert on SCI in children. For 30 years, Dr. Vogel has served as Medical Director of the SCI Program at Shriners Hospitals for children in Chicago and is a past-president of ASIA. Vogel Award details here.

Submit your nomination, along with a copy of the article being nominated, to the ASIA office asia.office@asia-spinalinjury.org by December 5, 2019.