CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM ON SPINAL CORD INJURY

Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D.,
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL

V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D.,
University of California Los Angeles, CA

James W. Fawcett, Ph.D.,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Fred H. Gage, Ph.D.,
The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA

Lorne M. Mendell, Ph.D.,
State University of New York Stony Brook, NY

Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.,
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Martin E. Schwab, Ph.D.,
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the CRF International Research Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury is to promote structural repair and functional recovery in the acutely and chronically injured spinal cord. The Consortium pursues this mission through collaborative research that focuses on how to optimize the intrinsic capacity of the adult nervous system to repair and remodel itself as well as how to elicit robust regenerative responses after injury. Consortium projects are organized around these four themes:

• Tissue Repair
• Activators and Enhancers of Regeneration and Neural Function
• Inhibitors of Growth
• Physical Therapy and Training

Consortium members believe that these are the most critical elements of spinal cord repair. If scientists could integrate them into carefully orchestrated therapies, then recovery of mobility, function, and independence would be maximized.

To download the full consortium document, please click here