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SCI Science PerspectivesAuthor: American Spinal Injury Association
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) brings you SCI Science Perspectives. The podcast is built around two-part dialogues with spinal cord injury (SCI) professionals regarding their emerging scientific work spanning the full spectrum of SCI research, from discovery to clinical application. The SCI Science Perspectives podcast disseminates the latest-and-greatest scientific work in the SCI field via a conversation with researchers that approaches their work from two perspectives: the scholarly perspective and the community perspective. The process begins with ASIAs Committees informing the podcast about new and influential scientific papers relevant to the committees interests. Then the podcast host(s) then interview the author(s) of the papers, approaching their project from each perspective. Finally, the conversation from each perspective is published as its own episode type: "Scholarly" and "Community" episodes. Keep an eye out too for "Admin" episodes too, communicating administrative information relevant to ASIA members and stakeholders. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine, News, Tech News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Combined EP065 - Priorities for Recovery with Dr. Kim Anderson
Episode 65
Friday, 2 October, 2026
Join us in this episode for a conversation with Kimberly Anderson, PhD, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, scientist at MetroHealth System, director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System, and author of the original SCI priorities study. We discuss the paper, “Recovery Insights Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Consumer's Perspective,” published in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. In this conversation, we discuss the development of priorities research over the past two decades, and Dr. Anderson's new review paper synthesizing 68 studies representing more than 11,000 people living with SCI. We discuss community perspectives on functional recovery, secondary complications, and interventions, including arm and hand function, bladder and bowel function, sexual function, pain management, and clinical trial participation. In this conversation we also probe at cultural influences on recovery priorities, risk-benefit decision making in clinical trials, and the role of lived experience in shaping SCI research agendas. We invite you to listen in as Dr. Anderson reflects on the evolution of priorities science, persistent gaps in the field, and future directions for aligning SCI research and funding with the priorities of people living with SCI.
