In less than two weeks, a diverse range of SCI stakeholders will gather in Washington, D.C. for our 20th Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium, happening Sunday, February 15 through Tuesday, February 17, 2026. If you haven’t registered, now is the time - we need your voice! Everyone present will participate and share their perspective on Where We’ve Been, What We’ve Learned, Where We Are, What Needs to Change, and Where We Are Going. We have structured our agenda around these...

I’m writing with some pretty great news: the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) has just been restored to $33M in a Defense Appropriations Act that passed both the House and Senate and was ultimately...

Last week I hopped in the car and left Minneapolis for Madison, Wisconsin. Once again we are very close to passing our $5 million SCI Research Grant bill (AB92/SB99). But, as usual, there is a small cadre of Senators who are holding us back. Some of them are hard line fiscal conservatives who refuse to see government as a solution to any societal problem and some just don’t understand the scope and...