Care was and is important but I was still struggling - like many quads - to gain a sense of independence that I felt only new, novel interventions could deliver. This made U2FP appealing since they were laser focused on finding a cure. Moreover, their strategy struck me as really smart. I had a career in finance and the first thing you learn in business school is that efficiency is the low-hanging fruit. And the easiest way to improve efficiency is through effective communication - connecting the dots and facilitating better collaboration between all the stakeholders in a given field. This was exactly what U2FP was and is doing...

A very important opportunity to address federal regulators is just around the corner and we need you to be present for it! At U2FP, we emphasize that those who have the most to gain or lose from policy and research priority setting must be present at the decision-making table. For too long, there has been a knowledge gap between the recovery priorities of the spinal cord injury (SCI) community and the regulators at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

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