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Announcing the SCI Research Collaboration Grant recipients for 2023

We are pleased to announce the six recipients of the SCI Research Collaboration Grants for 2023. Find out more about them!

Raising awareness on World SCI Day 2023 – Tuesday 5 September

Spinal cord injuries are a life-altering and significant health issue in Australia, affecting over 20,000 individuals and their families.

Diversity in SCI research celebrated in 4th year of Research Writing Prize

If you’re a spinal cord injury researcher or clinician, we’re asking you to write about your research in 800 words.

Why Research Matters 2022 – new spinal cord research from around the world

This year’s edition features 13 authors from 11 countries making this a truly global publication!

Supporting early career researchers: Dr Sintip Pattanakuhar (Thailand)

The SRI first became aware of Dr Sintip Pattanakuhar, a Rehabilitation Physician at the Faculty of Medicine at Chiang Mai University in Thailand, in 2019. Read about his progress since then!

Help us connect researchers and the spinal cord injury community this EOFY!

20,800 Australians have a spinal cord injury. Wouldn’t a cure for spinal cord injury be incredible? How about the secondary health complications… improved bladder and bowel function? Better respiratory health or pain management? Definitely.

Why Research Matters – Out now!

We’re very pleased to bring you the 2021 edition of Why Research Matters: A collection of spinal cord research from around the world – a compilation of the top eight entries from the Spinal Research Institute’s 2021 Spinal Cord Injury Research Writing Prize.

End of year Ambassador event

Today we held a virtual catch-up with our local ambassadors to reflect on our 10th anniversary year, and connect before the end of the year.

Meet a researcher: Dr Dearbhaile Dooley

Dr Dearbhaile Dooley is a Principal Investigator based at the School of Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland and leads a preclinical spinal cord injury (SCI) research group. Dearbhaile is a member of the Spinal Cord Research Hub and she tells us about her research.