Effectiveness of Group Wheelchair Skills Training for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial Recently, the results of a multicenter study about the effectiveness of Wheelchair Skills Training in groups of people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) was published. The University of Miami was one of the participating centers, and was led…
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UM/The Miami Project Receives $16 Million Grant to Determine if a Cannabinoid Compound can be a Treatment Option for Concussion The goal of finding a treatment for concussion may be one step closer due to a new study being launched by University of Miami researchers. As part of a $16 million research grant from Scythian…
Industry and academia are two very different entities and as such have very different approaches to accomplishing their goals. In academia, the term used for the college and university environment, the main function is to enhance education and research. In industry, the term used for businesses in a particular field, the main function is to…
Industry and academia are two very different entities and as such have very different approaches to accomplishing their goals. In academia, the term used for the college and university environment, the main function is to enhance education and research. In industry, the term used for businesses in a particular field, the main function is to…
Industry and academia are two very different entities and as such have very different approaches to accomplishing their goals. In academia, the term used for the college and university environment, the main function is to enhance education and research. In industry, the term used for businesses in a particular field, the main function is to…
Bionic exoskeletons, battery-powered external bodysuits that walk people with paralysis, can now be found in rehabilitation and research facilities around the world; a few are even available for in-home use. These devices allow people with paralysis due to spinal cord injury (SCI) to walk overground rather than use a wheelchair. After a relatively short training…
Legendary athletes Mariano Rivera, Willis Reed, Venus Williams, Cheryl Miller, Curtis Martin, Dario Franchitti, Tara Lipinski, Diana Nyad are honored; Christian Slater, Wayne Newton, James L. Nederlander, Buzz Aldrin receive philanthropy awards; special memorial presentation to Muhammad Ali; 50th birthday celebration for Marc Buoniconti; cast of On Your Feet! performs; and millions raised during a night…
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Principal Investigators Kevin Park, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project, Vance Lemmon, Ph.D., the Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience and Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, were awarded a $2 million…
Starting out as a California surfer in San Diego, he trekked cross-country to Atlanta to earn his Ph.D. His Ph.D. dissertation work investigated degeneration of the visual system. Even today, the visual system is an excellent model for evaluating axon regeneration to inform spinal cord injury. From there he took a turn to the Mid-West…
Personalized medicine is revolutionizing how we diagnose and treat illnesses these days. The diagnosis and treatment of disease can be tailored to each individual based on specific health information (sometimes genetic), resulting in better, more effective outcomes. In 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative in his State of the Union address, which allocated…