The Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Program
The national Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Program, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), supports model projects to establish innovative programs for the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive medical, vocational, and other rehabilitation services to meet the wide range of needs of individuals with spinal cord injuries.
For the current 2006-2011 funding cycle, there are 14 SCI Model Systems nationwide and one National SCI Model System Data Center. Grants are awarded every five years on a competitive bases.
Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems
UAB Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
University of Alabama/Birmingham.
http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=19769
Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System
Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
http://www.craighospital.org/Research/SCIModelsystems.asp
National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System
National Rehabilitation Hospital |MedStar Research Institute, Washington, DC
http://www.ncscims.org
Georgia Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Shepherd Center, Inc., Atlanta, GA
http://www.shepherd.org/research/model.asp
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCIS)
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago., Chicago, IL
http://www.ric.org/research/centers/MidwestRegionalSpinalCordInjuryCareSystem/MRSCICS.aspx
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center
Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Boston, MA
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Content.aspx?DepartmentID=91&PageID=332
University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.med.umich.edu/pmr/modelsci/index.htm
Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation (KMRREC)
West Orange, NJ
http://www.kmrrec.org/nnjscis/
Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
http://www.mssm.edu/rehab/spinal/
Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=346&oTopID=345
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.spinalcordcenter.org/
University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury
Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.upmc-sci.org/
Texas Model Spinal Cord Injury System
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
Houston, TX
http://www.texasmscis.org
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
University of Washington, Seattle WA
http://sci.washington.edu
National Spinal Cord Injury Data Center
National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
University of Alabama/Birmingham
http://www.uab.edu/NSCISC