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Our Voice

Registration for U2FP’s Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium is officially open! Bring your point of view: We are all looking at the problem of spinal cord injury from our own unique perspective. Let’s listen and learn from each other so we can build a collaborative vision that helps bring recovery after SCI.

Where are we? Where have we been? Where are we going? And how do we get there together? These are the questions we’ll be asking at this year’s 19th Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium, happening in Atlanta, Georgia on September 27-28, 2024 (registration opens this Friday, May 17th). But we are going to be asking these questions with the understanding that your point of view is a critical piece of the...

Today we’re talking with Dennis Bourbeau. Dennis is a highly regarded clinical and academic researcher in the area of bowel/bladder/and sexual function. Dr. Bourbeau gives us an update on his work, specifically in bladder control devices. We also discuss the critical importance of connecting with and understanding the patient population, the process of getting a device to the market, and...

Tell me you are paralyzed without telling me you're paralyzed. For those of us who work remotely, we all dip on and off camera during online meetings. For those of us who are paralyzed and work remotely, those off-camera moments often have to do with our secondary complications. One being our peeing problems. When you suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI), managing all of the secondary issues that...