News Express
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Rising Star and Resilient Advocate: James Ian’s SMA JourneySeptember 03, 2024
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Hebatallah Rashed, MD, PhD, Receives ANF's 2024 Golseth Young Investigator AwardAugust 13, 2024
The 2024 Golseth Young Investigator award has been presented to Hebatallah Rashed, MD, PhD for her abstract titled, "Ischemic Injury and Microvasculitis in Treatment Induced Neuropathy of Diabetes and Treatment Induced Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy."
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Marcos V. Oliveira Marques, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship AwardAugust 02, 2024
The American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) congratulates Marcos V. Oliveira Marques, MD, as the recipient of the 2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award.
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Shanmitha Arun, BS, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research AwardAugust 01, 2024
Shanmitha Arun, BS, has received the Pediatric Research Award for her work as the first author of the “Scleroderma Myositis Presenting as an Asymmetric Shoulder Girdle Weakness” abstract.
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Vishva Natarajan, MS, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research AwardAugust 01, 2024
Vishva Natarajan, MS, has been recognized with a Pediatric Research Award for his abstract, “Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Stimulated Jitter Analysis Revised Reference Values in Children.”
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Reena Bastin, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research AwardAugust 01, 2024
Reena Bastin, MD, has received one the Pediatric Research Award for her abstract, “Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis (MG) With Response to Ravulizumab-Cwvz.”
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Wilmer Santiago Herrera Malpica, MD, CNCT, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research AwardAugust 01, 2024
Wilmer Santiago Herrera Malpica, MD, CNCT, has been awarded one of this year’s new Pediatric Research Awards for his abstract, “Congenital Onset Presynaptic Myasthenic Syndrome: Specific Mutation, Phenotype, and Analysis of Stimulation Potential With Concentric Electrodes.”
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Isván Alvarez Herrera, CNCT, Receives ANF's 2024 Technologist Best Abstract AwardAugust 01, 2024
The 2024 Technologist Best Abstract Award has been presented to Isván Alvarez Herrera, CNCT, for his abstract titled, “Cutaneous Silent Period in a Patient With Warm Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.”
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Michael P. Skolka, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Best Abstract Runner-Up AwardAugust 01, 2024
The 2024 Best Abstract Runner-Up has been awarded to Michael P. Skolka, MD, for his abstract, “Neurologic Clinical, Electrophysiologic, and Pathologic Characteristics of Primary Versus Secondary Neurolymphomatosis.”
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Derek Wu, BS, Receives ANF's 2024 Best Abstract AwardAugust 01, 2024
Derek Wu, BS, received the 2024 Best Abstract Award for his research on “Profiling Granzymes in Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.”
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ANF Development Grant Fosters Ongoing DiscoveriesJuly 25, 2024
Dr. Teryl Nuckols has published numerous influential scholarly articles, several focusing on improving healthcare practices and outcomes since her 2017 Development Grant research project.
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Research on Activity-Based Treatments to Accelerate Peripheral Axon Regeneration Finds Notable ResultsJuly 05, 2024
Research on Activity-Based Treatments to Accelerate Peripheral Axon Regeneration Finds Notable Results.
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Support Those RACING for a CUREJune 26, 2024
Support the ANF Charity Team in their RACE for a CURE!
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Erika Williams, MD, PhD, Receives ANF Development Grant for Genetic Research on Autonomic Nervous SystemJanuary 22, 2024
Erika Williams, MD, PhD, a NM fellow at Massachusetts General Brigham, was selected to receive an ANF Development Grant to support her research project, “Genetically Decoding Human Afferent and Efferent Autonomic Ganglia.”
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Mai Yamakawa, MD, Receives ANF Development Grant for Research on NK Cells in ALS and FTDJanuary 22, 2024
Mai Yamakawa, MD, a NM fellow at UCLA, was selected to receive an ANF Development Grant to support her research project, “Causal Genetic Variation and Transcriptomic Signatures of the Peripheral Immune System in the Central Nervous System Pathology of ALS That are Conserved or Divergent Among ALS Patients and the Animal Models.”
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Tyler Nelson, PhD, Receives ANF Development Grant for Research on Chronic PainJanuary 22, 2024
Tyler Nelson, PhD, was selected to receive an ANF Development Grant to support his research project, “Analysis of a Novel Primary Periodic Paralysis SCN4A Mutation With Pain as a Major Phenotype.”
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Michael Skolka, MD, Receives 2023 Golseth Young Investigator AwardAugust 18, 2023
Michael Skolka, MD, has received the 2023 Golseth Young Investigator Award for his abstract titled, "The Utility of Electrodiagnostic Testing in Rhabdomyolysis in the Era of Next Generation Sequencing."
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Stephanie Harvey Receives 2023 Technologist Best Abstract AwardAugust 18, 2023
Stephanie Harvey, EMG technologist in the Department of Neurology with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been awarded the 2023 Technologist Best Abstract Award for her abstract, “A Survey of Nerve Conduction Technologist’s Role in EMG Labs.”
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Oksana Haiko, MD, PhD, Receives 2023 Best Abstract Runner Up AwardAugust 18, 2023
Oksana Haiko, MD, PhD, has been awarded the 2023 Best Abstract Runner Up Award for her abstract, “The Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Nerve Injury After Gunshot Wounds and Blast Injuries.” Her co-authors include Liudmila Klymchuk, MD, and Roman Luchko, MD, PhD.
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Jerry R. Mendell, MD, Receives 2023 Best Abstract AwardAugust 18, 2023
Jerry R. Mendell, MD, has been awarded the 2023 Best Abstract Award for his abstract, “Long-Term Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 4 Years Post-Treatment With Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec in a Phase 1/2a Study.”