New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center

SCI Consumer Education

SCI Bi-monthly Lectures - Past Lectures & Videos

• How to Live With a Spinal Cord Injury and Osteoporosis
• The Skin You’re In: An Overview of Maintaining Skin Integrity for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
• Healthy Now, Ready for the Future: Being Prepared for Clinical Trials
• The Affordable Care Act and People with Disabilties: Policy and Politics
• Spinal Cord Injury: From the Moment of Injury to Leading a Full and Healthy Life
• What is the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and How Does it Impact Spinal
  Cord Injury Research?
• The Impact of Obesity in Spinal Cord Injury
• Rewarding Work Resources, Inc.; A New Resource for Individuals Who Utilize Personal Care Assistants (PCAs)
• Disability and Finance, What to Do Now
• The Benefits of Exercise for Those with Spinal Cord Injury

Stepping Forward-Staying Informed Evening Lecture Series

The lectures below are available to view online for free. A DVD is available for $5.00 each. If you would like a DVD of please contact Judi Zazula at 617.638.7314.

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A Continuum of Strategies Targeted at Neuroplasticity
for Recovery After Neurologic Injury

Susan Harkema, PhD
Rehabilitation Research Director
Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Fraizier Rehab Institute
Louisville, KY

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How to Live With a Spinal Cord Injury and Osteoporosis

Andrei Krassoukov MD, PhD, FRCP
ICORD
University of British Columbia
GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre Vancouver, BC, Canada

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The Skin You’re In: An Overview of Maintaining Skin Integrity for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

Lauren Harney, RN, BSN, CWON
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

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Healthy Now, Ready for the Future: Being Prepared for Clinical Trials

Lindsay Huisman
Restorative Therapies
Baltimore, MD

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The Affordable Care Act and People with Disabilities: Policy and Politics

Maia Fedyszyn
Community Catalyst
Boston, MA

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Spinal Cord Injury: From the Moment of Injury to Leading a Full
and Healthy Life

Dr. Steve Williams
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

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What is the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and How Does it Impact Spinal Cord Injury Research?

Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Boston, MA

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The Impact of Obesity in Spinal Cord Injury

Dr. Rocco Chiappini
Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation
Greenfield, NH

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Rewarding Work Resources, Inc.; A New Resource for Individuals Who Utilize Personal Care Assistants (PCAs)

Elenore Parker
Rewarding Work Resources
Brookline, MA

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Disability and Finance, What to Do Now

Dan Jones
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Bala Cynwyd, PA

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The Benefits of Exercise for Those with Spinal Cord Injury

Brett Fechter
Mike Rollins
Journey Forward
Canton, MA

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