(November – 2025) The 2026 Henry G. Steinbrenner Summer Scholars Program now accepting applications. Are you a local undergraduate passionate about neuroscience? Apply for this prestigious 10-week summer internship at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis! Gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge neuroscience research labs, attend weekly sessions, journal clubs, and career development workshops. The program…
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WATCH THE VIDEO (November 2025) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis recently hosted its highly anticipated 2025 Open House on October 24th at both the Lois Pope LIFE Center and the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center. The event was a remarkable showcase of groundbreaking research in the fields of neuroscience and rehabilitation, drawing in a…
(August – 2025) – For most people, walking or lifting a coffee cup are simple acts they barely consider. But for those who have suffered spinal cord or brain injuries, including stroke, these simple tasks can be virtually impossible. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller…
(August, 2025) After more than four decades of impactful work improving the lives of people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI), Mark S. Nash, Ph.D., founding principal investigator and associate scientific director for research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, announced his retirement and was celebrated by friends and colleagues at The Miami Project…
(June – 2025) A paralyzed United States military veteran has been implanted with the ground-breaking Neuralink brain-computer device by surgeons at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. RJ, who is paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury sustained from a motorcycle…
Lois Pope Gives $10 Million to the University of Miami to Establish a Fund for Neuroscience Research in Memory of Her Daughter Gift will name the Lois Pope Laboratory Wing in Memory of Lorraine Pope in the Lois Pope LIFE Center (June – 2025) Lois Pope watched with dismay as her daughter Lorraine suffered from Alzheimer’s…
(May – 2025) For Tommy, a 28-year-old man living with tetraplegia from a motor vehicle accident, the ability to open a medicine bottle or grip his wheelchair’s hand rims represents more than medical progress—it’s a restoration of independence. “Literally everything changed,” he says, describing life after participating in a nerve transfer surgery study led by…
(March, 2025) In the early 80’s, W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD, was recruited to the Department of Neurology, University of Miami to collaborate with colleagues in the internationally recognized Cerebrovascular Disease Research Center (CVDRC). One early task was to develop morphological approaches to quantitatively assess pathological damage in models of cerebral ischemia and stroke. An observation…
(March, 2025) Every time he goes to work, Damien Pearse, Ph.D., sees the people his research aims to help. Dr. Pearse, a professor of neurological surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is a faculty member at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The building that houses the project includes spaces for…
Dr. Dalton Dietrich Video Statement Marc Buoniconti Video Statement Landmark Study Aims to Enable Paralyzed Patients to Use Their Own Thoughts to Control External Devices Through a Brain-Computer Interface (January, 2025) The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine have been…