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The Spinal
Injury Foundation Mission |
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The Spinal Injury Foundation is dedicated to
research, education, and advocacy for those with chronic spinal injuries.
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How We
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We fund the
Smith Fund, a grant that helps
persons who have lost their job from their chronic spinal injuries to cover
utility expenses.
We help
some patients who can not otherwise afford medical care
We are
piloting a medical device exchange program so needy patients can get the
equipment they require.
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We sponsor educational series to allow
primary care physicians access to the latest information regarding the
management of spinal pain.
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We fund
research into the diagnosis,
treatment, and management of chronic spinal injury.
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We run a Department of Health and Human
Services registered Institutional Review Board designed to protect the rights of
human subjects involved in our own funded research as well as research funded
through other means.
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We sponsor the
International Whiplash Trauma Association whose membership is
dedicated reducing crash injuries through prevention and sponsoring research to
end the suffering of those who continue to have serious chronic pain and
disability. |
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We increase public awareness about neck and spinal
injuries with the ultimate goal of preventing those injuries. |
