Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System

The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS), centered within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center, is one of only 14 model spinal cord injury (SCI) centers funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for the 2011-2016 grant cycle. The mission of the NWRSCIS is to improve the lives of people with SCI through excellent patient care, research and education. Consequently, the NWRSCIS strives to provide specialized care to persons with SCI, to conduct clinically relevant research and to disseminate the most useful, evidence-based information to people with SCI, their families and professionals.

Research Projects

As Lead Center

Title	Project Type	Start Date	End Date
SCI CARE (Efficacy of collaborative care versus usual care for improving quality of life in outpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation: A patient-centered approach)	Independent	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
PRISMS (The effects of venlafaxine XR (Effexor XR) after SCI)	Collaborative	10/01/2007	12/31/2012
The natural history of major depression during the first year after SCI	Modular (Joint)	03/01/2007	09/30/2011
Scheduled telephone intervention for individuals with SCI and their families: A randomized controlled trial	Independent	02/01/2007	09/30/2011
Controlled Trial of Venlafaxine XR for Depression after SCI: A Multi-site study	Collaborative	01/01/2006	12/31/2012

As Participating Center

Title	Project Type	Start Date	End Date
SCIMS Data Set: Preparing for Future Changes	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2012	09/30/2016
Equity and Quality in Assistive Technology (EQuATe)	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
Development and Validation of the Thoracic-Lumbar Control Scale To Measure Strength And Coordination Of Trunk Muscles	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2006	09/30/2011