Meeting Of Research and Clinical Leaders, Advocates, and Patients To Highlight The Need To Reinstate Spinal Cord Injury Research Funding In New York State

 

MEETING OF RESEARCH AND CLINICAL LEADERS, ADVOCATES, AND PATIENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO REINSTATE
SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH FUNDING IN NEW YORK STATE
NYS has a unique and extremely productive Spinal Cord Injury Program (SCIRP) funded through a surcharge on traffic-ticket moving violations. From 1998 through 2009, SCIRP provided 70 million dollars for research in treatments for spinal cord injury. This investment produced important scientific advances and brought significant additional funding into NYS. However, since 2010, this money raised for paralysis research has been diverted to other unrelated purposes. We come together to urge NYS to reinstate this essential funding stream.
Location: Empire State Convention Center
Meeting Rooms 2 & 3, S. Mall Arterial, Albany NY 12242
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m. with PRESS CONFERENCE at 1:00p.m.
Registration Required:
Email Event Coordinator Cindy Butler at cindybutler@nynsci.org
or call 518-694-8188 by February 11th
Register Early, space limited. Wheelchair accessible.
Lunch provided; $40 donation for meeting suggested
Directions and Parking: Visit http://ogs.ny.gov/ESP/CCE