NEWS
January 24, 2012
Third Annual Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 5K Run, Walk, N Wheelathon Announced
Proceeds to benefit Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation and All Children’s Hospital
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2012) - The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation (SSPF) and Trim Nutrition, a leader in wellness supplements and sustained energy products, announced today that the third annual Honda Grand Prix of St.
December 10, 2011
SAM SCHMIDT WINS 2011 INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Prestigious Award Presented During Annual International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS)
Sam Schmidt received the second annual IMIS Achievement Award award this month in Indianapolis.
November 28, 2011
GETTIN' IT DONE: COREY C, MASTER OF EMPATHY
Indycar driver Davey Hamilton at the track with Corey C. Many of the people featured in our column, “
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¦ December 13, 2009
RESEARCH GRANT AWARDED FOR STUDY ON AXON REGENERATION
SSPF/ASIA Grant Given to Mousumi Ghosh, PhD
The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation in partnership with the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Sell Research Fund presented the first inaugural “Young Investigator Award” to Mousumi Ghosh, Ph.D. of the University of Miami, on September 25, 2009. The $15,000 award is designed to provide funding to a post doctoral researcher whose work has contributed substantially to the field of spinal cord injury medicine.
Ghosh’s project entitled, “Addressing the Technical Limitations of Studying Axonal Regeneration in a Clinical-Relevant Contusive Spinal Cord Injury Model through Ex Vivo 3D Ultramicroscopy” focused on the use of three dimensional microscopy, a new state-of-the-art imaging method, for assessing the changes that occur during axon regeneration. Previous equipment was only two dimensional which didn’t allow it to be known if axons had regenerated from injury, or whether they had been spared, or were the result of sprouting. The project answers the following questions: Which axons are injured and which ones are spared? What effect do Schwann cells implanted into the injured spinal cord have? What impact will this method have as a research tool for the SCI community in the future?
“We are extremely excited to support this award in its inception,” said Ida Cahill, President of the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. “The invaluable research that these individuals engage in brings us one step closer to finding a cure for paralysis.”
A native of India, Dr. Mousumi Ghosh received her undergraduate degree from the University of Poona in Pune, India and graduate education from the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. Between 1995 and the present, she was a research associate in biochemistry at the University of Georgia, a postdoctoral fellow in biochemistry at West Virginia University, a postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology and physiology at the University of Rochester. She was nominated by Dr. Damien Pearse, her mentor at the University of Miami where she currently a postdoctoral associate.
The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation has committed to support the award for a minimum of five years. Funding provided by the foundation is being matched by the ASIA Sell Research Fund. Nominations are accepted from ASIA members only, to insure the mission of the association is reflected in the work of the nominees.
For more information on the award or study please contact: American Spinal Injury Association at ASIA_Office@shepherd.org.