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Through Jaimen’s Lens: Jaimen Hudson Joins SRI as Newest Community Ambassador

Jaimen brings powerful lived experience, strong community connections, and a vast national and international audience that will help SRI continue to raise awareness of spinal cord injury (SCI) research, and connect more people living with SCI…

On air: SRI Community Ambassador Emma Booth shares her story on The House of Wellness

Our new Community Ambassador, para-equestrian athlete and Paralympian Emma Booth, joined Sarah Maree Cameron and Gerald Quigley on The House of Wellness radio show to talk about her role with SRI.

World Trauma Day 2026 – Building a Safer Future with Trauma Care

Each year in Australia, an estimated 350-400 people sustain a new spinal cord injury, from traumatic and non-traumatic causes. Behind every number is a person, a family and a future that research can help change.

Translating Evidence into Action: A Collaborative National Effort in Spinal Cord Injury Research

How The Hopkins Centre, and national partners, including the Spinal Research Institute, are turning survey evidence and lived experience into real-world change for the SCI…

Marking 2026 World Spinal Cord Injury Day

Over the past decade, awareness of spinal cord injury had grown substantially, with injuries increasingly recognised not just as life-changing but, in many cases, as preventable. But awareness alone wasn’t enough.

Recipients of the Marigold Southey and Freemasons Foundation Victoria Spinal Cord Injury Research Grant

Congratulations to Dr Gemma Reynolds – Austin Health and Professor Matt Driller – La Trobe University recipients on successfully receiving funding from the inaugural Marigold Southey and Freemasons Foundation Victoria Spinal Cord Injury Research Grant.

Nine grantees. Five countries. One global SCI community.

The Spinal Research Institute is pleased to announce the nine recipients of the 2026 SCI Research Collaboration Grants. This year’s recipients are based across Australia, Bangladesh, Colombia, India and Türkiye.

Emma Booth: SRI’s New Community Ambassador Featured in House of Wellness

Emma brings powerful lived experience, strong community connections and an established platform that will help SRI reach new audiences, raise awareness of SCI research, and

SCI Research Collaboration Grants to be offered again in 2026 – opening 30 April!

Since its inception in 2016, the SCI Research Collaboration Grant program has evolved, gaining traction worldwide, and resulting in an increasing number of applications annually.