(October, 2023) – Patrick D. Ganzer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and The Miami Project, uses vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) as a means to various ends that are constituted by neuroplasticity. One form of VNS is to enhance the effects of rehabilitation interventions targeting upper extremity function following neurological injury. Although previous preclinical…
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(October, 2023) Researchers at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis are investigating strategies to modify the interactions between the brain and the gut to help patients after stroke as well as Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s not just a gut feeling. For at least 15 years, scientists have recognized there is a strong interaction between the brain…
(October 16, 2023) – More than 800 business, community, and civic leaders, humanitarians, celebrities, and philanthropists convened tonight for The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis’ 38th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to celebrate some of the most accomplished Hall of Fame and World Champion athletes in their respective sports. But more importantly, they came to…
(September 7, 2023) – What do NY Giants and NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer and TV personality Michael Strahan; Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Missy Franklin, world hockey champion Zdeno Chara; Five-time All-Star and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome; Two-time Super Bowl champion and NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry…
Dr. Jae Lee, Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project received outstanding news that his RM1 Interdisciplinary Team Science Grant will be funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) which is a part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The proposal entitled “Targeting cell-type specific disease phenotypes…
W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Scientific Director of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and Professor of Neurological Surgery has received the National Institute of Health Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award for demonstrating scientific excellence and productivity in neurological research. The Javits Award recognizes investigators with a distinguished record of substantial contributions to neurological science. “This award…
(June 2023) – The Henry G. Steinbrenner Scholars Program is a 10 week immersive, competitive, funded, research-driven summer internship seeding the future of neuroscientifically informed care and cure efforts. This year, eight scholars entered the program and are already well on their way to producing, and then defending, their projects at the program’s culminating final…
It’s no secret that science is an expensive endeavor. When the goals are curing paralysis and solving some of the most complex neurological injuries and conditions, the experiments, techniques and technology add up rather quickly. When you come to realize that most peer reviewed funding sources, like the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health,…
S. Shelby Burks, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at the Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, was recently awarded Department of Defense (DOD) funding for a project titled “The Efficacy of Spinal Accessary Nerve Transfer Surgery in the Treatment of Patients with High Tetraplegia.” The…
(March-2023) Daniel J. Liebl, Ph.D., professor at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and co-director of the Miller School of Medicine’s Medical Science Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.), was recently awarded a $2.6 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) entitled “Stabilizing the tripartite synaptic complex following TBI”. This award allows for continuation of…