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Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center Supports 52nd Annual Tri State Regional Wheelchair and Ambulatory Games to Promote Social, Physical and Mental Health Through Sports
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The New York TimesThe WFCPC's Jennifer M. Bain, MD, PhD is featured in this NY Times article following Susannah’s journey on how scientists created a bespoke drug for a gene that affects her nervous system.
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Spinal cord stimulation has emerged as a promising therapy to restore mobility and autonomic function after spinal cord injury.
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The Movement Recovery Laboratory, part of the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center at Columbia University Medical Center, was awarded a grant from NIH to improve movement after paralyzing injury.
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- August 31, 2021
Hal and Linda Ritch recently made a generous donation to the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center (WFCPC) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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- August 30, 2021
The Movement Recovery Laboratory at the Columbia University Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center, has recently been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant.
- May 18, 2021
The Weinberg Family CP Center virtually hosted the Cerebral Palsy Reasearch Networks (CPRN) fourth annual investigator conference in April of 2021.
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NIH - Translational PediatricsFebruary 10, 2021An evaluation of the reliability and responsiveness of assessment of caregiver experience with neuromuscular disease following botulinum toxin injection to relieve spasticity in children with CP.
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- January 13, 2021
The Weinberg Family CP Center has implemented electronic consenting (eConsent) of patients into the Cerebral Palsy Patient Registry. Our research coordinator goes into more detail.
- December 15, 2020
Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is for a focus on “Paired brain and spinal cord stimulation to strengthen spinal sensorimotor circuits”.
- October 15, 2020
Lydia explains what enrolling in the Genetics Project entails at the Weinberg Family CP Center.
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The Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN)August 6, 2020The WFCPC is CPRN’s first site in New York City and provides a large and diverse patient population, including children and adults, for the studies conducted by CPRN.
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- June 26, 2020
The Movement Recovery Lab at the Weinberg Family CP Center, led by Jason Carmel, MD, PhD, has recently been awarded a grant to continue its research into a clinical trial.
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- June 1, 2017
A robot-driven device that improves posture and walking in children with crouch gait by enhancing their muscle strength and coordination.
