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Community Education Webinars

In partnership with The ALS Association, NEALS offers a variety of educational webinars for the ALS community.

Webinar topics include updates on clinical trials, best practices for clinical care, and current research efforts in ALS causes and treatments. Our webinars also offer participants the opportunity to ask questions directly of the experts running clinical trials and conducting research activities.
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Power Wheelchairs - The Basics and Beyond

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,…

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Advanced Imaging Tools for Accelerating Drug Development in 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…

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Results from the Immunosuppression in ALS Trial

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.

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ALS Clinical Trial Pipeline Series - Spring 2017

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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How Professionals Can Help the Kids in ALS Families

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…