The International Symposium for Neural Regeneration (ISNR) invites SCI Professionals to submit Abstracts for Posters to be presented at the ISNR 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting in Cambridge, MD, July 19-23, 2026.  ISNR meetings are attended by leaders in neural regeneration, bioengineering, and associated fields with a focus on spinal cord injury and peripheral nerve repair. Poster Submission Deadline Extended  to May 30.
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“N-of-1 Study Design for Spinal Stimulation Studies”
Using an ’n-of-1’ study design to test and optimize spinal cord stimulation parameters. Join Drs. Noam Harel and Joseph Weir who will discuss a “multiple n-of-1” approach to analyzing results of their ongoing study “Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity”.
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Congratulations Paulina Scheuren, PhD, recipient of the 2026 Apple award for her paper “Enhanced Clinical Trial Stratification in Spinal Cord Injury: the Value of Electrophysiology.” Dr. Scheuren is a postdoctoral fellow at the International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia (UBC).  The Apple Award is given in memory of David F. Apple, Jr., MD, founding member and past President of ASIA (1983-85).  Read More

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Registration is now open for the 2026 conference of The International Symposium of Neural Regeneration (The ISNR), July 19-23 in Cambridge, MD. ISNR meetings are attended by leaders in neural regeneration, bioengineering, and associated fields with a focus on spinal cord injury and peripheral nerve repair. The ISNR is an affiliate of the American Spinal Injury Association.
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Congratulations Dr. James W. Varni, named second year in a row as recipient of the Vogel Award.  Dr. Varni is receiving the 2026 Vogel award for his paper “Pain, Daily Activities, Mobility, and Psychosocial Health in Young People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Test of Biological Sex in a Moderated Mediation Analysis Pain, pain interference, social and school/work functioning in youth with spinal cord injury: A mediation analysis.” The Vogel Award is given annually for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in Pediatric SCI Rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year.

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Trading Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Medications
Join us for conversations with Argyrios “Argy” Stampas, MD, physiatrist, Vice Chair of Research and Innovation and Full Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UTHealth Houston’s McGovern Medical School. We’ll discuss the paper titled “Reduction of Overactive Bladder Medications in Spinal Cord Injury with Self-Administered Neuromodulation: A randomized Trial.  Read More/Listen

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Independence & Function Following Spinal Cord Injury
Volume 32 | Issue 1
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Join us for Scholarly and Community conversations with Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD, Associate Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab discusses the latest in managing chronic pain for chronic pain in people living with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).
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Check out this year’s SCI data challenge v2.0. The challenges this year focus on predicting the full ISNCSCI examination results from measurements from the expedited version (E-ISNCSCI).  The challenge has two tracks. Participants can submit to one or both tracks. Winners for each track will be invited to present their solutions in San Antonio at the 2026 ASIA Annual Scientific Meeting.  Read More

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Congratulations to Amilie Langlois, MScPT, named as recipient of the 2026 Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA. Langlois will receive $30,000 to fund her study, “Development of a Perioperative Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Protocol for the Prevention of Neurogenic Sphincter Complications in Spinal Surgery”
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