Events
Scheduled Meetings
Previous Meetings
Symposia
Meetings
Meetings of the Spinal Cord Injury Research Board are subject to New York State's Open Meetings Law. Advance notices will be posted here and on the Department of Health's web site. Links to real-time webcasts and archived webcasts (available for 30 days) will also appear here.
Members of the public who wish to attend the meetings are asked to abide by the Board's Guidelines for Observers.
Scheduled Meetings
Spinal Cord Injury Research Board Regular Business Meeting
Friday, October 9, 2009 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board will hold a Regular Business Meeting from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the New York State Department of Health's Metropolitan Area Regional Office, 4th Floor, Conference Room C, 90 Church Street, New York City.
Videoconferencing sites will be available at:
Albany: New York State Department of Health's, Wadsworth Center Biggs Laboratory, Large Conference Room, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY.
Stony Brook: State University of New York at Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Level 2, Room 2A, Nicholls Road, Stony Brook, NY.
The Board solicits, receives and reviews applications for awards from the Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Fund.
To attend the meeting, please contact Mary Thatcher at (518) 474-7002 or met03@health.state.ny.us no later than Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Pre-registration is required to gain access to the meeting. Attendees will be required to show ID upon entrance to New York State Department of Health locations. Space is limited.
A webcast of the meeting may be viewed at http://www.nyhealth.gov/events/webcasts/ .
Previous Meetings:
Friday, July 10, 2009 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a regular business meeting from 9:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. in Albany. The Board received updates from program staff, approved a change to operational policies regarding Letters of Intent, and established current and future Board priorities.
Friday, April 10, 2009 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a regular business meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Department of Health offices at 90 Church Street, New York City, NY. The Board voted to approve the issuance of an RFA for the Center of Research Excellence and discussed future RFAs.
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a regular business meeting on Friday, January 9, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Department of Health offices at 90 Church Street, New York City, NY. The Board voted to approve a grant application and discussed future RFAs and RFPs.
Friday, October 10, 2008 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a regular business meeting on Friday, October 10, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Department of Health offices at 90 Church Street, New York City, NY.
Friday, July 11, 2008 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a regular business meeting from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Department of Health, Wadsworth Center at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. The Board made award recommendations for Program Project grants and discussed the April site visit to the Center of Research Excellence.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 -- The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a Regular Business Meeting and Public Hearing from 12:45 p.m. -- 3:45 p.m. at the New York Academy of Sciences Conference Center, 7 World Trade Center, New York City. The Board approved the 2007 Annual Report and the 2008 Expenditure Plan, and considered two Requests for Applications (RFAs).
Friday, April 11, 2008 - The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board held a Regular Business Meeting from 10:00 a.m. -- 2:00 p.m. at the Department of Health's Office at 90 Church Street, New York City. The Board made award recommendations for applications to four funding mechanisms.
View an archived webcast of the meeting activities (available for 30 days).
Symposia
From the Bench to the Bedside: The Latest Discoveries in SCI Research, January 14 - 16, 2008 at The New York Academy of Sciences Conference Center, 7 World Trade Center, New York City
This event was attended by more than 240 investigators, clinicians, and others. See The New York Academy of Sciences e-briefing for details.