Patron
Matthew has been a Trustee and Board Member of Spinal Research for seven years but has now taken on the role of Patron to more actively support a new era of breakthrough research into spinal cord injuries.
Spinal Research is a partner charity of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation in America, set up by Matthew’s father who was paralysed from the neck down after a horse-riding accident in 1995. The actor, activist and campaigner for spinal cord injury research died nine years later, aged just 52.
Matthew, who is also on the Board of Directors of the Reeve Foundation, said: “When my father had his accident there was little hope for those paralysed after a spinal cord injury.
“But new developments in treatments, therapies and technologies are really shifting the dial.
“It is an incredibly exciting time in the field and I feel honoured to be helping Spinal Research continue and expand their incredibly important work to get these new treatments from the lab to people in wheelchairs as soon as possible.”
Spinal Research is the UK’s leading medical charity focused on the repair and restoration of the spinal cord.
There are many ways you can help drive progress towards a cure for spinal cord injury.
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