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ISCoS 2026 Pre-Conference Workshop

ISCoS/ASCoN Nutrition and Nursing Workshop

A full-day programme bringing together nutrition, wider MDT and nursing perspectives in spinal cord injury care.

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7 October Pre-conference workshop day
08.30–17.15 Full-day programme
MYR 299 Registration fee for the workshop
KLCC Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Workshop Overview

Nutrition, nursing and interdisciplinary SCI care in one focused pre-conference day.

This full-day programme brings together dietitians, nurses, clinicians, occupational therapists, researchers and wider MDT colleagues to explore practical and research-focused topics in spinal cord injury care.

The programme includes dedicated sessions on nutrition, interdisciplinary working with the wider MDT, and nursing-focused topics including pressure injury prevention, bowel and bladder management, ageing with SCI and community transition care.

Workshop ISCoS/ASCoN Nutrition and Nursing Workshop
Date 7 October 2026
Time 08.30–17.15
Format Full-day programme
Registration Fee MYR 299
Venue Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Programme Note Programme subject to change
Programme Themes

A full-day programme across nutrition, wider MDT working and nursing care.

The day is structured around three connected areas of spinal cord injury care, combining research updates, clinical practice, interdisciplinary approaches and hands-on learning.

01

Nutrition

Nutrition research priorities, rehabilitation and recovery, primary care dietitian education and whole-diet approaches after SCI.

02

Working with the Wider MDT

Research, occupational therapy, physician input, nutrition support, pressure ulcer management and cardiometabolic profiles.

03

Nursing

Nursing and nutrition approaches to pressure injury prevention, bowel and bladder management, ageing with SCI and transition care.

Programme Schedule

The programme below is based on the current draft and remains subject to change.

Session 1 — Nutrition

08.30–10.10
08.30–08.40
Welcome and introduction · Overview of the ISCoS Nutrition Special Interest Group
A/Prof Samford Wong · Dr Sakinah Kamal
08.40–09.00
Priority setting for nutrition research in people with spinal cord injury E-Delphi Round 2 — professionals’ ranking of the top research priorities
A/Prof Shashi Harini Reader in Behavioural Medicine, City St George’s, University of London
09.00–09.20
The role of nutrition in rehabilitation and recovery after spinal cord injury
Dr Sakinah KamalChief Dietitian, Malaysia (ANSOC), LOC
09.20–09.40
Educating primary care dietitians in spinal cord injury
Kirsten van VledderSpinal Dietitian
09.40–10.00
Assessing diet quality: beyond single nutrients toward whole-diet patterns in spinal cord injury
Dr Priya IyerUniversity of Sydney
10.00–10.10
Q&A session

Session 2 — Working with the Wider MDT

10.10–13.30
10.10–10.30
Microbes and motility after SCI: from probiotic trials to Blue Poo transit testing
Prof Dr Jivko StoyanovSwitzerland
10.30–10.50
Optimising nutritional outcomes in spinal cord injuryAn occupational therapy framework for interdisciplinary care
Koly KamrunnaherConsultant OT, Nepal
10.50–11.15
Cascading vascular crises in a paraplegic patient: when the gut becomes the next battlefield
Mr Shyam SwarnaNational Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
11.15–11.35
Use of nutrition support to optimise pressure ulcer management in people with spinal cord injury
A/Prof Samford WongNSIC; City St George’s, University of London
11.35–12.00
East vs. West: do modifiable cardiometabolic profiles after SCI differ between Asians and Europeans?
Assistant Prof Sintip PattanakuharUniversity of Strathclyde, Glasgow
12.00–12.10
Q&A session
12.10–13.30
Lunch break

Nursing

13.30–17.15
13.30–14.00
Interdisciplinary strategies in SCI careNursing and nutrition approaches to pressure injury prevention and long-term health
Line Trine Dalsgaard, RN MSc · Yannis Dionyssiotis, MD MSc PhD
14.00–14.15
Welcome
14.15–15.00
Bowel / bladder management & hands-on session: Part I
Chua Siew Chien, RNClinical Nurse Educator
14.45–15.15
Bowel / bladder management & hands-on session: Part II
Chua Siew Chien, RNClinical Nurse Educator
15.15–16.00
Aged and ageing with SCI
Letitia Graves-Dixon, PhD RN
16.00–16.15
Break
16.15–17.00
Community transition care
Veronika Geng, MHSc / MNSc
17.00–17.15
Wrap-up / conclusion
Registration

Join the ISCoS/ASCoN Nutrition and Nursing Workshop on 7 October.

Choose the relevant registration route below depending on whether you are registering for the main meeting together with a pre-conference course, or for the pre-conference course only.

Programme is subject to change.
Register – Main Meeting & Pre-Conference Course Register – Pre-Conference Course Only

'The 65th International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting (ISCoS 2026)' has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 14 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).

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