Academy Award-Winning Actor Tommy Lee Jones and Decorated Polo Player Dawn Jones Served as Honorary Chairs of the Event at the National Polo Center; Renowned Polo Player Nacho Figueras and Equestrian Delfina Blaquier Received The Buoniconti Fund Award (January 30, 2024 – Wellington, FL): Academy Award Winning Actor Tommy Lee Jones and decorated polo player…
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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. Each video will highlight a research who will, in their own words, answer the same…
This year, once again, Dr. Vance Lemmon found himself in distinguished company at the 2021 International Neural Regeneration Symposium. For multiple years Dr. Lemmon has attended the conference, organized by the editorial board of the scientific journal Neural Regeneration Research, but this year’s virtual meeting was different. During his keynote speech, Dr. Lemmon was awarded…
When most people think of paralysis, they think of not being able to move arms and legs, or not being able to breathe without the aid of a machine. It is commonly overlooked that many other organs and body systems are affected by the disruption of their nerve supply. One area that many do not…
Dr. Kevin Park continues to look into different parts of the the central nervous system (CNS) to shed light on how the obstinate signal conducting neurons encased in our skeleton differ from those in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) nerves that project outside of our skulls and spines. Dr. Park’s research program aims to learn…
Prevention and collaboration are at the core of the KiDZ Neuroscience Center, a youth-focused branch of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis headed by Gillian Z. Hotz, Ph.D. and dedicated to reducing the number of children and adolescents that sustain brain and spinal cord injuries. KiDZ is now a Miami Project staple, launched in 2001…
May 2021 – One particular point of pride that Miami Project Co-Founder Dr. Barth Green and Scientific Director Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich like to mention is that The Miami Project is training the next generation of neuroscientists. Entering its 36th year of existence, Miami Project principal investigators are well into their second generation of neuroscientists,…