On a personal note, I want to reiterate how proud I am to manage Unite 2 Fight Paralysis’ financial affairs. Rarely have I seen an organization do so much with so little, and continue to push to be more transparent, both fiscally and in the broad range of services that we provide to the SCI community. Our overhead expenses are lower than anywhere I’ve ever worked (and that’s saying something after 50 years in finance!) and our commitment to the mission of curing paralysis is...

This is the first in a two-part series covering the role of stem cells in spinal cord injury with Dr. Alina Garbuzov. Along with the experience she brings as a person living with an SCI, Alina is a researcher, working in the Mark Tuszynski Lab at the Center for Neural Repair at the University of California, San Diego. Today's conversation is part one, where we introduce Alina and learn about her unique perspective as a lived experience researcher; how her injury fine-tuned her professional trajectory; and about her...

Registration is open for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to receive a guaranteed spot as a runner or wheeler in this world-class racing event. But beyond the endorphin rush of participating in this internationally recognized marathon, your training and fundraising efforts are supporting U2FP’s important work, especially our Cure Advocacy Network (CAN) initiative. CAN advocates work to pass legislative funding bills for SCI research. And we are very close to passing a $3M SCI Research funding bill in Wisconsin...

I wanted to let you know that we've just made available all the presentations from this year's 19th Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia.