What is the Minnesota Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System?
The Minnesota Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System (MN Regional SCIMS) is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to support innovative projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of medical, rehabilitation, vocational and other services to meet the needs of individuals with SCI. NIDILRR awards SCI Model Systems Center grants to institutions that are national leaders in medical research and patient care and provide the highest level of comprehensive specialty services, from the point of injury through rehabilitation and re-entry into full community life.
News
MN SCIMS Researchers Receive Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Grant
Drs. Morse and Monden awarded a Craig H. Neilsen Foundation research grant to study communication of the spinal cord injury physical activity guidelines.
Dr. Van de Winckel Receives PVA Research Foundation Grant
Dr. Ann Van de Winckel (Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine) has been awarded a Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation Grant.
Administration for Community Living (ACL) Announces Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) Grantees
ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announces the 2021 cohort of the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) program grantees.
Becky Adock Award for Mentoring
Minnesota Regional SCIMS Project Director, Dr. Leslie Morse, awarded the Becky Adock Award for Excellence in Mentoring from ASCIP