Bryan C. Hains, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, and staff scientist at the Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration at the VA Medical Center in West Haven, CT, was one of the four recipients of the Mike Utley Foundation 2007 Grant Awards. Dr. Hains, an accomplished researcher in the field of spinal cord injury and dysfunction, has authored over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and books, and received numerous academic honors and awards for his work.
A Combination Therapy to Repair the Inured Spinal Cord
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in motor and sensory dysfunction below the level of injury, in part, because of a disruption of the descending motor signals transmitted from the brain to the spinal chord. We and others have previously demonstrated that pyramidal neurons in the primary motor cortex (M!) are lost after SCI.
The Mike Utley Terrain Park at Craig Hospital
Craig Hospital, in Denver, will be opening an outdoor terrain park in July 2008. This space will be used to ensure that patients who complete Craig’s rehabilitation program can lead the most independent, active and healthy lives possible. Many patients at Craig have to learn how to walk again, propel a manual wheelchair or operate a power chair. The terrain park will expose patients and their families to multiple outdoor challenges during in-patient rehabilitation.
Mike Utley Center for Human Performance
The Mike Utley Center for Human Performance (MUCHP) is an innovative program designed to help people achieve maximum physical performance. The cornerstone of teh Center features a state-of-the-art Biofeedback Laboratory. The Laboratory is one of only two facilities in the Midwest to offer biofeedback therapy for persons with orthopedic and neurological conditions such as, spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke and cerebral palsy.
