TRIBUTE FROM THE GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S HEALTHCARE HEROES AWARDS May 20, 2014 – An audience of more than 500 healthcare and business leaders cheered as Miller School Dean Emeritus Bernard J. Fogel, M.D., received the AXA Advisors Lifetime Achievement Award at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Health Care Heroes Awards Luncheon, held…
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Discovery Researchers Identify Novel Therapy Targets APRIL 2014 – A major goal of discovery research is to identify novel therapeutic targets for treating human diseases. Lead by Dr. Robert Keane of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics with colleagues in The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a new $1.6 million dollar small business award from…
5th Annual Brain Fair Held at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science March 2014 – Hundreds of school children and University of Miami scientists celebrated Brain Awareness Week at the Miami Brain Fair 2014 on Saturday, March 22, at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science at 3280 South Miami Ave in…
Nerve Graft Surgery Performed Using a Patient’s Own Cells to Try to Repair a Severe Peripheral Nerve Injury October 2013 – Dr. Allan Levi, director of clinical research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis recently performed the world’s first nerve graft using a combination of a patient’s own nerve and her own Schwann cells…
Bunge is Institute of Medicine Honoree October 2013 – The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today announced that Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology, Neurological Surgery and Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Miami Project to Cure Paralysis was elected as a member. Election to the IOM is considered one of the…
Red-Light Safety Cameras PSA Video Released with Shula and Estefan July 9, 2013 — Don Shula, NFL Hall of Fame Coach, and Emilio Estefan, Grammy award-winning musician and producer, have partnered with The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis to raise awareness of the dangers of red-light running. In the recently released PSA video, shown above,…
June 2013 – A consortium of discovery science researchers within The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis has received a $2.5 million, 18-month grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Titled “U.S. Army Battlefield Exercise & Combat Related SCI,” the award will enable the investigation of new treatments for spinal cord injury (SCI)….
Studies of Use of Mild Hypothermia for Acute Spinal Cord Injury March 2013 – Researchers at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis have published six-year findings in the journal Spinal Cord, the official journal of the International Spinal Cord Society, that provide additional evidence that the use of mild hypothermia is a safe and effective strategy…
Watkins Distinguished Chair Established at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis January 30, 2013 – The Miami Project at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine announced the establishment of The John M. and Jocelyn H.K. Watkins Distinguished Chair in Cell Therapies at a celebratory dinner at The Miami Project on Tuesday, January 29th. The…
FDA Approved First Schwann Cell Transplant performed by Miami Project Doctors January 23, 2013 – Doctors at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, performed the first-ever Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Schwann cell transplantation in a patient with a new spinal cord…