Dr. David McMillan is a dual-role academic, serving The Miami Project as Director of Education and Outreach and the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine as Research Assistant Professor for Department of Neurological Surgery. He conducts research with and for people who have paralysis, primarily due to spinal cord injury (SCI). In his outreach role, he facilitates The Miami Project’s illustrative faculty to achieve success in their clinical trials through recruitment, operational coordination, and communication. He liaises between their institution and community partners and stakeholders. And he directs educational initiatives such as the Henry G. Steinbrenner Scholars Program. In his professorship, his dissertation pertained to the role of the autonomic nervous system in the absorption, trafficking, and fates of dietary fat. However, he’s now refocusing his efforts to align with regional demands and affordances, aiming at the disproportionate risks and rewards posed by the Tropical Atlantic on people living with SCI. Regarding risks, he studies the vulnerabilities of people with SCI to climate hazards in the form of flooding, heat, and hurricanes.
Workshop: Hurricane Season + The Disabled = Prepared
