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Crystal Yeo, MB BChir, PhD, Receives ANF's 2025 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award

April 24, 2025

Living Boldly With a Rare Disease: Cienna Ditri’s Mission To Empower and Educate

March 10, 2025

For most of Cienna Ditri’s life, she was unaware she was living with a rare neuromuscular disease. Now a social media fashion icon and rare disease advocate, she combines her incredible style with a mission to raise awareness.

Making Strides Toward Early Detection of Neuromuscular Diseases

March 10, 2025

The Late-Onset Neuromuscular Disease Consortium (LONDC) is an important project of the American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) focused on improving the lives of individuals living with late-onset neuromuscular diseases (LONDs).

Brett Morrison, MD, PhD, Receives ANF Mid-Career/Established Investigator Grant for Research on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

March 05, 2025

Brett Morrison, MD, PhD, has been awarded an ANF MidCareer/Established Investigator Research Grant for his project, “Role of Macrophage MCT1 in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy."

Liubov Gushchina, PhD, Receives the ANF Mid-Career/Established Investigator Grant for Research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

March 05, 2025

Liubov Gushchina, PhD, has been awarded one of the 2024 American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) Mid-Career/Established Investigator Research Grants for her research project titled “Advancing care with exon 17 skipping therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.”

Christopher Cashman, MD, PhD, Receives ANF Development Grant for Research on Acquired Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetic Neuropathy

March 05, 2025

Dr. Christopher Cashman been awarded an American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) Development Grant for his research project, “Acquired Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetic Neuropathy.”

Rebecca Schmitt, PhD, Receives ANF Development Grant for Research on Aberrant Autophagy and Myogenesis in GNE Myopathy

March 05, 2025

Dr. Rebecca Schmitt has been awarded an ANF Development Grant to support her research on Aberrant Autophagy and Myogenesis in GNE Myopathy.

Navigating CIDP: How One Man Survived a Near-Fatal Battle

February 27, 2025

Shedding Light on the Role of Mitochondria in Inclusion Body Myositis

February 20, 2025

Late-Onset Neuromuscular Disease Consortium Strives to Impact the Lives of Those With NMDs

November 01, 2024

Rising Star and Resilient Advocate: James Ian’s SMA Journey

September 03, 2024

Hebatallah Rashed, MD, PhD, Receives ANF's 2024 Golseth Young Investigator Award

August 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."

Marcos V. Oliveira Marques, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award

August 02, 2024

The American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF) congratulates Marcos V. Oliveira Marques, MD, as the recipient of the 2024 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award.

Shanmitha Arun, BS, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research Award

August 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.

Vishva Natarajan, MS, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research Award

August 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.”

Reena Bastin, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research Award

August 01, 2024

Reena Bastin, MD, has received one the Pediatric Research Award for her abstract, “Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis (MG) With Response to Ravulizumab-Cwvz.”

Wilmer Santiago Herrera Malpica, MD, CNCT, Receives ANF's 2024 Pediatric Research Award

August 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.”

Isván Alvarez Herrera, CNCT, Receives ANF's 2024 Technologist Best Abstract Award

August 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.”

Michael P. Skolka, MD, Receives ANF's 2024 Best Abstract Runner-Up Award

August 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.”

Derek Wu, BS, Receives ANF's 2024 Best Abstract Award

August 01, 2024

Derek Wu, BS, received the 2024 Best Abstract Award for his research on “Profiling Granzymes in Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.”