The American Spinal Injury Association is excited to announce James S. Krause, PhD as the recipient of the 2027 ASIA Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by ASIA to an individual recognized for significant contributions to the world of spinal cord injury care.
James S. Krause, PhD, is a Distinguished University Professor, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health Professions, and Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Research in Neurologic Conditions at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has nearly four decades of experience leading longitudinal studies of health, employment, and community participation among people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
He joined the Shepherd Center in 1989 as a psychologist, prior to moving to MUSC in 2002, and has collaborated with the Shepherd Center ever since that time on multiple research projects. In 1993, he began working on the SCI model systems project with Dr. David Apple and with Lesley Hudson and has continued this work to the current date.
Dr. Krause has published extensively in the areas of employment, health and secondary conditions, racial/ethnic disparities, and risk for early mortality. He has received several prestigious awards, including the National Medtronic Courage Award in 2011, which had previously been awarded to Senators Max Cleveland and Bob Dole, physicist Stephen Hawking, and activist Christopher Reeve. He also has received distinguished career awards from the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers, Association for Rehabilitation Research Policy and Education, and the American Paraplegia Society. In 2023, he received the South Carolina Governor’s award for Excellence in Scientific Research.
Dr. Krause has surpassed the milestone of 20,000 days of lived experience with SCI. He will be honored during the American Spinal Injury Association’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Charlotte, NC, March 5-7, 2027.
