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Michaela Filipcikova is a researcher with a background in clinical neuropsychology and completed her PhD at UNSW Sydney in 2023. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Hopkins Centre, a joint initiative between Griffith University and Metro South Health. Michaela works on the Aus‑InSCI Translation Project, which focuses on transforming findings from the Australian arm of the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey into practical, meaningful outcomes for people with spinal cord injury in Queensland and across Australia. Her research interests include translation and implementation science, as well as cognition and mental health following spinal cord injury.

Dr. Fatimah Ahmedy is a Rehabilitation Physician and Associate Professor at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She obtained her MBBS from Cardiff University (UK) in 2006 and conferred Master of Rehabilitation Medicine at Universiti Malaya in 2018. Her clinical and academic interests include spinal cord medicine and rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, community-based rehabilitation (CBR), and disability management, with a strong focus on translating rehabilitation principles into real-world community impact. Dr Fatimah currently serves as a member of the Conjoint Board of the Master of Rehabilitation Medicine Malaysia and is also one of the Course Directors for this postgraduate programme. She is an active researcher and author, having published three books with over 50 high-indexed journal articles in the field of rehabilitation and functioning. Her contributions have been recognised nationally and internationally. She is a recipient of the Spinal Research International Grant (ISCOS 2022), the UMS Young Researcher Award 2019 (Science Category), was selected as Malaysia’s finalist for the UK Alumni Award (Science & Sustainability Category) 2021 and received travel grant for LIFE Winter School on Health and Well-being in 2026. Beyond hospital-based rehabilitation medicine, Dr Fatimah is deeply committed to empowering rural communities. She is actively involved in training CBR workers, advancing functioning epidemiology, and developing inclusive strategies to promote employment among persons with disabilities.

Mr Michael Alves is an associate lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests lie in the epidemiology of and outcomes following spinal cord injury. Currently completing his PhD, this research forms part of the ongoing project to develop a registry for persons with spinal cord injury in South Africa, with plans to expand to low- and middle-income countries globally.

Md. Habibur Rahman, Assistant Professor & Course Coordinator, MSc in Occupational Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), (The academic institute of CRP), CRP-Chapain, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Full Professor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. PRM specialist in 2009. Pain Medicine specialist in 2011. European Master of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ECPIR project “Education Curricula Project in rehabilitation” Tempus MEDA Morocco 2006-2009, University of Messina (Italy), University of Paris V René Descartes (France), University of Mohamed V. (Rabat) Master’s degree in public management from the business school, Morocco in 2015. PhD degree in Clinical Neuroscience from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2023 Chair of the research group Psychophysics and rehabilitation at the Clinical Neuroscience laboratory 2013-2023. Received the National Disability Research and Innovation Awards of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University in 2017; Member of the ISPRM-WHO Liaison Committee. Secretary funder of the Moroccan association of the occupational therapist Presidents elect and vice president funder of the MENA SCI network Member of African SCI network Members of the InSCI Steering Committee National leader of the Moroccan SCI survey 2015-2025. Co-Chair of the Clinical Practice committee, ISPRM Cancer Rehabilitation SIG Member of the Development Group for Traumatic Brain Injury in the project “Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation” WHO 2020. Member of the SCI Service Module Advisory Committee Member of the ClinFIT Task Force Member of the ISPRM Task Force on Physical Activity for Persons with Disabilities Member of the ISCOS Educational Committee. Co-Chair of the World Rehabilitation Alliance Workforce Workstream Member funder with the National Center for Monitoring, Studies, Research and Documentation in the field of Disability. Editor of the book “Adult rehabilitation after stroke: from injury to inclusion”. IBENPUB, 2019, p. 169.