Individual Research Grant Program

Fregni, Felipe, M.D., Ph.D.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Boston, MA

Investigation of the mechanisms of transcranial direct current stimulation of motor cortex for the treatment of chronic pain in spinal cord injury
Concomitant Function
$125,000.00, 2-year Grant

Furlan, Julio Cesar, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
The Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute
Toronto, ON

The impact of age on inflammation, neural apoptosis and axonal survival after spinal cord injury in man
Neuroprotection
$120,057.00, 2-year Grant

Hur, Eun-Mi, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Regulation of axonal regeneration by manipulation of growth cone cytoskeleton
Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination
$120,000.00, 2-year Grant

Kessler, John A., M.D.
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Integrin Signaling and Spinal Cord Injury
Axon Regeneration
$125,000.00, 2-year Grant

Osterhout, Donna, Ph.D.
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

Strategies to promote remyelination after spinal cord injury
Promotion of Axon Growth and Remyelination
$62,500.00, 1-year Grant

Ovechkin, Alexander V., M.D., Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training and Functional Electrical Stimulation on Task Specific Respiratory Muscle Activity in Individuals after Spinal Cord Injury
Concomitant Function
$125,000.00, 2-year Grant

Strittmatter, Stephen M., M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

PET Imaging of Axonal Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury
New Tools
$124,666.67, 2-year Grant

Vinay, Laurent, Ph.D.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Marseille, France

Modulation of chloride homeostasis as a new target to treat spasticity after SCI ?
Concomitant Function
$125,000.00, 2-year Grant