Resources

Associations and Organizations for Research and Support

The physician section of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, Inc., the American Paraplegia Society is an organization of physicians and doctoral-level researchers working in the field of spinal cord injury:  http://physicians.ascipro.org

The mission of the American Spinal Injury Association is to promote and establish standards of excellence for all aspects of health care of individuals with spinal cord injury from onset throughout life:  www.asia-spinalinjury.org

The Canadian/American Spinal Research Organization is dedicated to the improvement of the physical quality of life for persons with a spinal cord injury and those with related neurological deficits, through targeted medical and scientific research:  www.csro.com

The Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair (CBSCR) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of basic and clinical scientists working to promote recovery and repair and to discover new treatments for individuals who suffer from brain or spinal cord injuries: http://cbscr.osu.edu

The Center for Neural Injury and Recovery (CNIR) at Georgetown University promotes research in areas related to central nervous system injury and recovery, neural degeneration and nervous system plasticity:  www.cnir.georgetown.edu

The Center for Paralysis Research at Purdue University was founded to both develop and test new methods of treatment for spinal cord, brain injuries, and certain diseases of the nervous system:  www.vet.purdue.edu/cpr

The Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery is a unique, internationally renowned setting where innovation is the focus and recovery is the goal:  www.centerforscirecovery.org

The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) is the nation's leading bipartisan pro-cures coalition:  www.stemcellfunding.org

The Darrell Gwynn Foundation exists to prevent, provide for and ultimately cure spinal cord injuries and other debilitating illnesses:  www.darrellgwynnfoundation.org

Determined2Heal is dedicated to simplifying life with a spinal cord injury, to circulate information to prevent beach injuries, and to support and fund spinal cord-related research and rehabilitative organizations and projects:  www.determined2heal.org

The Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care & Cure (FSCIPCC) is a non-profit educational group dedicated to the prevention, care and cure of spinal cord injuries through public awareness, education and funding research:  www.fscip.org

The Genetics Policy Institute is the voice of the stem cell community, a leading promoter and defender of stem cell research and other cutting-edge medical research targeting cures:  www.genpol.org

The International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis (ICCP) is a body of affiliate non-profit organizations working to fund research into cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury: www.campaignforcure.org

The goal of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (KSCIRC) is to develop effective treatments for spinal cord injury:  http://louisville.edu/kscirc

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is the world's most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center, housed in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine:  www.miamiproject.miami.edu

The mission of the Mike Utley Foundation is to financially support an effective function-restoring treatment for spinal cord injuries, and to encourage through education the adoption of a rehabilitative lifestyle for the spinal cord-injured and a public awareness of spinal cord injuries:  www.mikeutley.org

Mission Connect is a unique collaborative research effort focusing on basic and clinical research with a goal to reverse the consequences of spinal cord injury, brain injury and neurological disorders:  www.missionconnect.org

The Morton Cure Paralysis Fund raises money for cutting-edge research and serves as a caring resource to those that are newly-injured and their families:  www.mcpf.org

The Myelin Project aims to accelerate research on myelin repair:  www.myelin.org

Founded in 1948, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association is the nation's oldest and largest civilian organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Americans living with the results of spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) and their families:  www.spinalcord.org

The Paralysis Project of America, founded in 1987 by a group of concerned parents whose children were injured in accidents, funds novel lines of scientific research to assist those suffering from Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis: www.paralysisproject.org

The Paralysis Research Center at the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy:  www.christopherreeve.org

The Paralyzed Veterans of America works to maximize the quality of life for its members and all people with spinal cord injury (SCI) or spinal cord disease (SCD) as a leading advocate for health care, SCI/D research and education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs, and disability rights:  www.pva.org

Point of Care, Team-based Information System (PoinTIS) is a website that provides comprehensive information on spinal cord injury rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation for health care providers, patients and patient's families:  http://calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/index.html

The mission of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center is to find new treatments for spinal cord injury through the collaborative research and educational efforts of prominent scientists and clinicians both at the University of California, Irvine and around the world:  www.reeve.uci.edu

The Rehabilitation Research Center (RRC) at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) strives to meet the needs for information, education and support for injured persons and their families.

The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation helps individuals overcome spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders by funding scientific research, medical treatment, rehabilitation and technological advances:  www.samschmidt.org

The Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine was established in 1999 to promote both individual and collaborative studies on injuries to the spinal cord and brain that result in paralysis or other loss of neurologic function:  www.mc.uky.edu/scobirc

The Spinal Cord Injury Information Network offers educational materials and information on services of the University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System along with links to national organizations, government agencies, commercial products, and educational resources related to spinal cord injury:  www.spinalcord.uab.edu

SPINAL CORD INJURY NETWORK INTERNATIONAL (SCINI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating access to quality health care by providing information and referral services to spinal-cord-injured individuals and their families: www.spinalcordinjury.org

The Spinal Cord Society is an international organization providing cure research and treatment of spinal cord injury paralysis and related problems since 1978:  www.scsus.org

The United Spinal Association is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization formed in 1946 by paralyzed veterans who pioneered the disability rights movement. Their mission is to improve the quality of life of all Americans living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D), including multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), and post polio:  www.unitedspinal.org

The W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience is dedicated to multidisciplinary, collaborative research and to accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries into effective human therapies:  http://keck.rutgers.edu/main.html

The above links represent an abundance of information and resources on spinal cord injury, including the latest research and where to go to seek treatment or support.  Should you require any legal assistance related to your injury, please contact The Cartwright Law Firm to speak with one of our attorneys.