NEWS
June 27, 2010
RUN, WALK 'N WHEELATHONS IN JULY: TORONTO & EDMONTON CANADA
Your chance to experience the Honda Indy Toronto & Honda Indy Edmonton race courses!
START YOUR ENGINES! Toronto: Join us for the 2nd Annual Honda Indy Toronto 5K Run, Walk '
June 14, 2010
DAY AT THE RACES INDIANAPOLIS 2010
On May 16, 2010 the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation hosted a very special Day at the Races program at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
We were honored to include as guests 2010 Miss Wheelchair Indiana, Joey Murello and 2009 Miss Wheelchair Indiana Emily Munson.
Sparkling, Vegas-Themed Evening Included Live Auction, Dinner, Drivers and a Memorable Award Ceremony
Each year the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation plays host for a “Racing to Recovery Gala”
NEWS
¦ December 13, 2009
RESEARCH GRANT AWARDED FOR STUDY ON AXON REGENERATION
SSPF/ASIA Grant Given to Mousumi Ghosh, PhD
The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation in partnership with the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Sell Research Fund presented the first inaugural “Young Investigator Award” to Mousumi Ghosh, Ph.D. of the University of Miami, on September 25, 2009. The $15,000 award is designed to provide funding to a post doctoral researcher whose work has contributed substantially to the field of spinal cord injury medicine.
Ghosh’s project entitled, “Addressing the Technical Limitations of Studying Axonal Regeneration in a Clinical-Relevant Contusive Spinal Cord Injury Model through Ex Vivo 3D Ultramicroscopy” focused on the use of three dimensional microscopy, a new state-of-the-art imaging method, for assessing the changes that occur during axon regeneration. Previous equipment was only two dimensional which didn’t allow it to be known if axons had regenerated from injury, or whether they had been spared, or were the result of sprouting. The project answers the following questions: Which axons are injured and which ones are spared? What effect do Schwann cells implanted into the injured spinal cord have? What impact will this method have as a research tool for the SCI community in the future?
“We are extremely excited to support this award in its inception,” said Ida Cahill, President of the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. “The invaluable research that these individuals engage in brings us one step closer to finding a cure for paralysis.”
A native of India, Dr. Mousumi Ghosh received her undergraduate degree from the University of Poona in Pune, India and graduate education from the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. Between 1995 and the present, she was a research associate in biochemistry at the University of Georgia, a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry at West Virginia University, a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology and physiology at the University of Rochester. She was nominated by Dr. Damien Pearse, her mentor at the University of Miami where she currently a postdoctoral associate.
The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation has committed to support the award for a minimum of five years. Funding provided by the foundation is being matched by the ASIA Sell Research Fund. Nominations are accepted from ASIA members only, to insure the mission of the association is reflected in the work of the nominees.
For more information on the award or study please contact: American Spinal Injury Association at [email protected].