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Our team of scientists, researchers, clinicians and staff work tirelessly to achieve extraordinary scientific progress in our quest to find a cure for paralysis.
The Education department provides information about research programs, clinical studies, resources for living with paralysis, rehabilitation resources, clinical care referrals, and advice on worldwide investigational treatments and research. They also offer educational tours, lectures and additional outreach events to promote scientific awareness.
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis was co-founded by Barth A. Green, M.D., world -renowned neurosurgeon, and Nick Buoniconti, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker after Nick’s son, Marc, sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game.
Research at The Miami Project has changed the landscape of knowledge and therapeutic strategies for spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.
Committed to finding a cure for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury and to seeing millions worldwide walk again, the Buoniconti family established The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis in 1992. The Buoniconti Fund is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise funds and awareness to help The Miami Project achieve its primary focus; to repair and restore function to the injured and diseased nervous system, thereby improving the quality of life to patients throughout the world.
The Miami Project presents Meet the Researcher, a periodic video series where each video introduces a new researcher. We will hear from the brilliant up and coming scientists and researchers that are part of The Miami Project’s dynamic international team.
Director of Neuromotor Rehabilitation, The Miami Project
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Neuromotor Rehabilitation
Scientific Director
Neuroprotection and Improved Recovery of Function following Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
PARALYSIS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.
Watch our stories of hope and inspiration from a few of our researchers and participants as they live and fight paralysis.
Dr. Deena Cilien, DPT, PT, is a graduate of the University of Miami's top-ranked clinical physical therapy program and currently works as one of our resident neuro physical therapists, specializing in spinal cord injury.
I chose to participate because I think it's pretty neat being part of finding a cure for something that is so big and affects so many lives.
I first fell in love with The Miami Project in 1986, while volunteering as one of the first research participants. I continue to return to participate in studies.
I suffered a spinal cord injury in 1983. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis really made a difference in my life.
Jerrod, was paralyzed in a car accident on his way to work a few years ago. He was left a T-12 paraplegic as a result of the incident.
Faces of Paralysis subject, Jazzmin, was diagnosed as a teenager with Neuromyelitis optica which occurs when immune system cells and antibodies attack the optic nerves and the spinal cord.
Richard was paralyzed as a result of a motorcycle accident on the way home that left him with a C-2 incomplete injury.
As part of June's recovery process at The Miami Project, she has been participating in research training programs to improve outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injury.
Every 29 minutes another person in the United States suffers a spinal cord injury, altering their life forever.
That is why in 2011, we asked the United States Senate to formally recognize September as Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month! Learn more about how you can help spread the word and join the conversation.
Dr. Jennifer Munoz Pareja, Associate Professor Division of Pediatric Critical Care, interim Section Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care and Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Critical Care fellowship program at Holtz Children’s Hospital, joins The Miami Project.
Dr. Munoz Pareja will integrate The Miami Project’s proven neuroscientific excellence with the topic of pediatric critical care. Her demonstrable experience and expertise with biomarkers for neurological conditions in the pediatric intensive care setting now unites with The Miami Project’s expertise in neurologically relevant biomarkers to shape a vision for the future of pediatric critical care.
The Miami Project carries on a storied tradition of developing technologies that tap into the central nervous system with recent developments in detecting and interpreting electrical signals produced by the brain.
Known in the industry as brain-computer interface (BCI), this technology turns thoughts into digital commands includes recent updates from The Miami Project’s Dr. Matija Milosevic and Dr. Abhishek Prasad—each employing distinct approaches. Despite differences in approach, the BCI-enabled research programs of Drs. Milosevic and Prasad seek a similar aim—to engineer mechanisms of restoring communication and control in people living with paralysis.