Minnesota Spinal Cord Injury Research Retreat

The Minnesota Spinal Cord Injury Research Retreat is a semi-annual conference hosted by the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine to bring local, national, and international leaders in various specialties to initiate collaborative efforts aimed at tackling key issues in spinal cord injury research and care. This conference is designed to bring a diverse group of people together, including researchers, industry and members of the SCI community, to identify areas of potential collaborations and create synergies aimed at improving the lives of people with SCI through research and state of the art clinical care.

General Information

Audience

The research retreat is appropriate for clinicians, researchers, members of the SCI community, industry, and state officials.

Objectives

• Identify areas of potential collaborations.
• Create synergies aimed at improving the lives of people with SCI through research and state of the art clinical care.
• Apply a team approach to the assessment, evaluation and treatment of SCI patients.
• Explain the advantages and challenges of available and prospect industry technology.
• Discuss the complications and management of SCI patients.

2021 Meeting Materials

Click the buttons below to access the meeting materials for the research retreat held on February 18, 2021. 

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2020 Meeting Materials

Click the buttons below to access the very first MN SCI Research Retreat meeting materials held on January 25, 2020. 

Agenda                        Retreat Booklet

Contact

For questions about the event, please email rehabmed@umn.edu