In partnership with The ALS Association, NEALS offers a variety of educational webinars for the ALS community.
Many people with ALS will use powered mobility during their disease course. There are numerous powered mobility bases and hundreds of components and accessories to select from. Sara Feldman, PT, DPT, ATP, Temple University,…
Speakers: Wendy E. Kaye, PhD, McKing Consulting Corporation and Paul Mehta, MD, National ALS Registry The National ALS Registry does more than just count ALS cases. Learn how the Registry promotes and advances ALS…
Dr. Nazem Atassi, Massachusetts General Hospital, will discuss the most recent advancement in imaging tools that allow us to study the causes of ALS in patients, rather than in mice or cells. These novel imaging tools can be used in…
Speaker: Michael Weiss, MD, University of Washington Medical CenterOverexcitation (hyperexcitability) of motor neurons appears to be an early process in ALS and could lead to cell death. The objective of this phase II study is to…
Dr. Brian Wainger, Massachusetts General Hospital, will provide a brief update on the clinical trial. ALS Patient and Advocate, Stephen Winthrop and Dr. Wainger will discuss the trial from the ALS patient and research…
Speaker: Amy Swartz Ellrodt, PT, DPT, Massachusetts General HospitalMany people with ALS have questions regarding exercise and staying active. Join us for a discussion of the available research regarding Exercise for people with ALS, as…
Dr. Christina Fournier, Emory University, will review the results from the recently completed Immunosuppression in ALS clinical trial and will discuss the possible roles that the immune system plays in ALS disease progression.
Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, Chief of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, reviews the ALS clinical trial pipeline and answers questions about the current state of clinical research.
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Speaker: Laurie B. Fieldman, LCSW, Les Turner ALS FoundationAll ALS families affect the professionals who work with them, but the most difficult to forget are often the ALS families with children. We want to help them, but the intense…
Dr. Brian Wainger, from Massachusetts General Hospital, will discuss the rationale and design of the study, describe the recent Protocol Amendment which impacts the patient population to be recruited and what is entailed by…