Shepherd Center ndi gawo la gulu la anthu osankhika azipatala kuti alandire mayina kuchokera ku Administration for Community Living's (ACL) National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) ngati a Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) ndi Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS).
Kuyambira pachiyambi chake, mapulogalamu a Model Systems akhala akuyang'ana kwambiri pakuwongolera chisamaliro chanthawi yomweyo komanso chanthawi yayitali cha anthu omwe ali ndi msana komanso kuvulala koopsa kwaubongo. Zopereka ziwiri zofunika kwambiri zamapulogalamuwa zakhala kukula kwa pulogalamuyo National SCI Statistical Center (NSCISC) ndi Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data ndi Statistical Center (TBINDSC). Zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa ndi Model Systems Centers zakhala zothandiza kwambiri pakumvetsetsa ndikuwongolera zotsatira za chisamaliro kwa anthu omwe ali ndi msana komanso kuvulala koopsa kwaubongo.
Monga gawo la machitidwe awa, Shepherd Center ikhoza kukwaniritsa ntchito yathu yopititsa patsogolo miyoyo ya anthu omwe ali ndi vuto la ubongo ndi kuvulala kwa msana pogwiritsa ntchito kafukufuku wachipatala ndi chisamaliro cha odwala. Mapulogalamu onse a SCIMS ndi TBIMS amathandizidwa ndi ndalama za federal zomwe zimapikisana kwambiri, zomwe ziyenera kuwonjezeredwa zaka zisanu zilizonse.