American Spinal Injury Association

The United States Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI) and Bone and Joint Canada are dedicated to increasing research of musculoskeletal diseases. The USBJI has developed a grant mentoring program to provide early-career investigators an opportunity to work with experienced researchers in our field to assist them in securing funding and other survival skills required for pursuing an academic career.

Deadline to apply for the Spring 2017 Workshop is January 15, 2017.

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October, 2016 – The International Spinal Cord Injury Core Data Set (version 2.0) is up for review. Please send all comments and suggestions  to the chairs of the committee Michael Devivo devivo@uab.edu and Fin Biering-Sørensen Fin.Biering-Soerensen@regionh.dk by November 30, 2016.

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The award honors Lawrence C. Vogel, M.D., a recognized world expert on SCI in children. For the past 30 years, Dr. Vogel has served as the Medical Director of the SCI Program at Shriners Hospitals for children in Chicago and is a past-president of ASIA.The Vogel Award is given for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in pediatric SCI rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year. Self-nominations for the award are not accepted.

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