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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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I Just Took a DNA test - Turns Out I Don't Have All the Answers

Are you one of the many pALS who had genetic testing this year? Grab your genetic test report and sit down with Jennifer Roggenbuck, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor at The Ohio State University Medical Center, to discuss what it all means.…

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The Neuropathology of ALS: What can we learn?

Research experiments in ALS and other Neurodegenerative diseases are highly dependent on the study of human nervous system tissues.  Brain, spinal cord and other tissues are used for diagnosis as well as for discovery of disease…

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Gene-targeted Therapeutics for ALS

Presenter: Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. LouisNovel gene-targeted therapies are being developed for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.  We will discuss how these drugs work and some of the research…

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Postcards from the Edge: Updates on Six Unusual ALS Projects.

In this webinar, Dr. Richard Bedlack, Duke ALS Clinic, will provide new information on six "outside the box" projects he is leading: ALSUntangled, ALS Reversals, ALS-CRLI, and upcoming trials with a spice, a banned substance and a…

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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…

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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…

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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…