Anderson, Kimberly, PhD

Including the voices of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) throughout the entire research cycle will make research more relevant, inclusive, meaningful, and useful.

My research focuses on translational investigations and bridging the gap between basic science, clinical science, and the public community living with SCI. A large area of my research has focused on obtaining the perspective of people living with SCI on various aspects of research, including functional priorities, acceptable benefits and risks, preferences for neuroprosthetics, and exercise participation. For this impactful body of research, I was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

I also have expertise in SCI outcome measures, multi-center clinical studies, and FDA-regulated cell transplantation clinical trials. In Cleveland, I am continuing my research in clinical trials for SCI and further developing efforts addressing issues important to people living with SCI with an emphasis on translational research to deploy treatments to the clinic. I am currently the Director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System of Care and leading a Department of Defense study addressing bowel dysfunction after SCI. I was also a co-founder and the inaugural President of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium.