Episodes 45 & 46… Join us for conversations with Daniela Terson de Paleville, PhD, professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and Marcelo Gatti, PT, director of neurorehabilitation in the area of spinal cord injury at Fleni Institute Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. We’ll discuss the paper titled “Gait recovery in patients with late assessment of incomplete spinal cord injury: A retrospective study in Argentina.”
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Congratulations Dr James W. Varni, named as recipient of the 2025 Vogel Award. Dr. Varni is receiving the award for his paper “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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Congratulations Dr. Brian Le, recipient of the 2025 Apple Award for his paper “Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI.” Dr. Le is an early-career clinician-researcher at the Augusta Veterans Affairs Health System in Augusta, GA.  The Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation literature is presented annually during the ASIA Annual Scientific Meeting in recognition of the best-published paper by a clinician or researcher in the preceding calendar year.

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Special issue on: Artificial Intelligence in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Medicine
Guest Editor: Dennis Bourbeau
Manuscripts due by January 9, 2026
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Join us for episode 44 for a conversation with Matthew Rodreick, Executive Director of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP). Matthew offers perspective on U2FP, the timely topic of state-level funding, and success stories from U2FP’s Cure Advocacy Network (CAN).
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Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (TSCIR) seeks additional Editorial Board members for its editorial team. TSCIR is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study and dissemination of practical and theoretical information related to the subject of spinal cord injury rehabilitation.
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Congratulations Angella Gardener, PTA, BS, MA, a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho).  Angella will receive a $30, 000.00 grant for her study “Enhancing Respiratory Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study of Respiratory Muscle Training and Serial Forced Vital Capacity Measurements”
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New SCI Podcasts Alert!
Join us for two new SCI Science Perspectives Podcast Episodes: EP42 & EP43
Mapping Trunk Control and Rehabilitation with Dr. Bharad Nandakumar
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Volume 31 | Issue 1 (Winter 2025)
Just Released:
Special Issue on Nutrition and Microbiome in Health and Disease after Spinal Cord Injury
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Congratulations Lexi Soltesz, a PhD student in the Translational Neuroscience Program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Soltesz has been named recipient of the 2025 Anthony F. DiMarco MD Award for the abstract “Mild Intermittent Hypoxia May Improve Sleep Quality and Cognition in Individuals with SCI.”
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