Working Strategically for Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Our Mission
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis exists to unite and empower the international spinal cord injury community to cure paralysis through advocacy, education, and support for research.
By the Numbers
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Research Funding Passed
$50 Million
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Podcast Listens
133,074
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SCI Individuals Served Annually
22,769
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Symposium Attendees (all time)
3,542
Latest Articles
U2FP’s Ohio Cure Advocacy Network (CAN) recently met with Megan Moynahan to discuss her KeyGrip research project. This was one of seven SCI research projects funded in our 2023 round of grants, thanks to the $3M biennium appropriation that U2FP advocates secured in 2019. That means $1.5M per year is funding functional recovery research in the state.
Well, time has just flown by!! It has been two months since we held our 2nd Annual Gala and Silent Auction at the Bird’s Nest Cafe in Estes Park, Colorado. Planning and executing this auction apparently required a longer recovery time than my...
Zac Wolfe is known for his grit and determination. He is a great example of how you can live a full life with a spinal cord injury and still maintain the fire to push for better outcomes. A few years ago, Zac enrolled in a Department of Defense, SCIRP-funded clinical trial using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) to improve upper limb function. In this conversation we bring on Zac and the principal investigator of the study, Dr. Ela Plow of the Cleveland Clinic, to discuss how...
Centering the SCI Community
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Real Impact
"Anybody can say things need to improve but Unite 2 Fight Paralysis is actively coming up with solutions and accomplishing what they set out to do. U2FP is leading by example and making a huge difference."
Nathan Torgerson
Senior Distinguished Systems Engineer
Neuromodulation at Medtronic
"With U2FP I feel at home, both as a scientist and as the son of someone with an injury. I think that speaks to the power of the organization to unify the different stakeholders and keep us pointed in the right direction."
Murray Blackmore, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Marquette University
