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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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Accelerating Therapy Development and Expanding Access Screen Grab

Accelerating Therapy Development and Expanding Access

Speaker: Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, Director, Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS at Mass GeneralAn update on targets and treatments in development will be shared. In addition, Dr. Cudkowicz will share information on the Healey ALS Platform…

The VA and ALS: An overview for veterans with ALS and clinicians. Screen Grab

The VA and ALS: An overview for veterans with ALS and clinicians.

Speakers: Christina Fournier, MD, MSc, Emory University, Atlanta VA Medical Center and Colin Quinn, MD, Penn Comprehensive ALS Center, CMJC VAMC ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic Topics to be discussed include an overview of…

The Trach Decision from an ALS Patient's Perspective Screen Grab

The Trach Decision from an ALS Patient's Perspective

Speaker: Jeri L. Prosser, RRT, BTPS, The ALS Association - DC/MD/VA ChapterThe decision to pursue a trach is an individual choice that does not have a right or wrong answer. This presentation is based on actual questions asked by those…

Update on Stem Cell Trials in ALS: NurOwn and Other Studies Screen Grab

Update on Stem Cell Trials in ALS: NurOwn and Other Studies

Speakers: Merit Cudkowicz, M.D., MSc, Massachusetts General Hospital and Robert H. Brown, Jr. D.Phil., M.D., University of MassachusettsDr. Merit Cudkowicz opens the webinar with an overview of the various stem cell…

Right to Try? Historical, Legal and Ethical Considerations Screen Grab

Right to Try? Historical, Legal and Ethical Considerations

Presenters: James A. Russell, DO, MS, FAAN, Lahey Clinic and Jinsy A. Andrews, MD, MS, FAAN, Columbia University Medical CenterThe Right to Try legislation, passed earlier this year, gives terminally ill patients the right to use…

The Merging of Science and Technology in ALS Research Screen Grab

The Merging of Science and Technology in ALS Research

Presenter: Robert Bowser, PhD, Barrow Neurological InstituteThis webinar discusses various technologic advancements that have generated rapid scientific advancements and complex "Big Datasets" in ALS. It also discusses how the use of…