Join us for our next Community of Practice Session for Clinical Trial Personnel with the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry (CRDN)
Presenters: Drs. Victoria Hodgkinson & Lisa Marie Langevin @ucalgary.bsky.social
Date: May 1 2026
Time: 1 PM ET
Learn and register→ neuromuscularnetwork.ca/cop2026
Posts by Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada
📣 Two online courses are offering direct interaction with specialists in rare disease research.
📅 7 April–15 May: Health Data Ethics & Regulatory Frameworks
📅 27 April–12 June: From Lab to Clinic: Translational Research
🔗 Find out more and register: https://loom.ly/oPGm0FY
#ERDERA
Join NMD4C and Muscular Dystrophy Canada at our next CPD-accredited webinar on the Emerging Insights Into AAV‑Mediated #GeneTherapy: Understanding #Hepatotoxicity & Implications for #Neuromuscular Disorders
Date: May 2026
Time: 5–6 pm ET
Register: bit.ly/AAVGeneTherapy
#LetsTalkNMD #Canada #nmds
SHOW US THE ART IN YOUR SCIENCE 🧬
Calling all #NMD4C #neuromuscular trainees! Submit your most compelling neuromuscular science images for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100.
🔗 | Show us how signals become strength by May 5, 2026:
neuromuscularnetwork.ca/pillar-1-pre...
The new Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (MDF) website is now live! 💚
Built with input from the #myotonicDystrophy community, it’s designed to make information easier to find, more accessible, and simpler to use.
Start exploring the new site at myotonic.org
📢 Call for Applications: 2026 NMD4C Collaborative Research Training Awards
We are accepting application for our second cycle of the Collaborative Research Training Awards until 15 June 2026!
🔴| Learn more and apply today: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/pillar-1-pre...
In partnership with Muscular Dystrophy Canada, our 2027 Clinical Neuromuscular Fellowship Funding Competition will open from May 1 - June 12, 2026!
Learn more about the competition and apply on our website: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/sixth-a...
Advancing Neuromuscular Research: Muscular Dystrophy Canada has awarded $700K to 7 NMD4C investigator‑led projects, supporting clinical and translational research across Canada.
Advancing Neuromuscular Research: Muscular Dystrophy Canada has awarded $700K to 7 NMD4C investigator‑led projects, supporting clinical and translational research across Canada.
Read how these grants are strengthening the impact of national neuromuscular research:
neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204907
2026 NMD4C Award Recipients 🏆
We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients, recognizing excellence, leadership, and impact in Canada’s neuromuscular research community.
Read more: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/news/announc...
#NMD #neuromuscular #publications #earlycareer #PatientOrientedResearch
#Trainees and #EarlyCareer Researchers!
Have you applied to receive funding to visit #neuromuscular labs across Canada, gain valuable experience and advance your work?
🔴 | Apply by June 15, 2026: neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204498
University of Calgary #Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG Fellowship is Open!: Gain hands-on EMG training, longitudinal patient care, and strong research opportunities across multiple hospital sites in a collaborative setting
Apply by April 15 2026
(July 2027 start): neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204682
The NMD4C’s April 2026 newsletter is now available with the latest updates from across Canada’s neuromuscular community! 🔗 | Read this month’s edition
The NMD4C’s April 2026 newsletter is now available with the latest updates from across Canada’s neuromuscular community!
🔗 | Read this month’s edition: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/april-2026-n...
Connecting experts. Advancing research. Improving care.
#NMD4C #Neuromuscular #NMD #Canada #RareDisease
Today on #WorldHealthDay, NMD4C joins the call to #StandWithScience. Our work is rooted in connecting experts, advancing research, and improving care for people living with neuromuscular disease across Canada. Advancing care is a shared responsibility.
#NMD4C #neuromuscular
SHOW US THE ART IN YOUR SCIENCE NMD4C Trainees are invited to submit your most compelling neuromuscular science images, for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100! Show us how signals become strength by May 5 2026. Learn More Link: https://lnkd.in/eh_ZNwNr
🔴 | SHOW US THE ART IN YOUR SCIENCE
#NMD4C Trainees are invited to submit your most compelling #neuromuscular science images, for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100!
Show us how signals become strength by May 5 2026 ‼️
🔗 | Learn More: lnkd.in/eh_ZNwNr
NMD4C, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, and Defeat Duchenne Canada are pleased to invite you to our next CPD-accredited webinar on April 7 2026
NMD4C, MDC, and Defeat Duchenne Canada are pleased to invite you to our next CPD-accredited webinar, which is focused on practical neuromuscular and endocrine considerations in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
📅 | Date: 7th April, 2026
🕔 | Time: 5:00–6:00 pm. ET
🔗 | Register here: bit.ly/NewSteroidAg...
University of Calgary #Neuromuscular Medicine & EMG Fellowship is Open!: Gain hands-on EMG training, longitudinal patient care, and strong research opportunities across multiple hospital sites in a collaborative setting
Apply by April 15 2026
(July 2027 start): neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204682
#Trainees and #EarlyCareer Researchers!
Have you applied to receive funding to visit #neuromuscular labs across Canada, gain valuable experience and advance your work?
🔴 | Apply by June 15, 2026: neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204498
Join our next #CoP for #Physiotherapy and #OccupationalTherapy on motivating people with #Neuromuscular Disease to engage in physical activity and adapted sports with Sarah Turgeon-Desilets, PT & Dr. Isabelle Demers, PT.
📅 March 26, 2026 | 2 PM ET
Register: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/CoP-PT-03-2026
Topic: Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) regulates cell cycle progression and promotes an anti-inflammatory transcriptomic signature in C2C12 skeletal muscle cell.
Important:
– A zoom link will be made available on the day of the meeting so please check your mailboxes for it
Register: lnkd.in/eAaZYsQ3
Join the next University of Toronto, @medicinebydesign.bsky.social #Myogenesis Discussion Group at 2-3pm EST on Monday, March 30, 2026!
Speaker: Dr. Paige Cole, PhD from the Owens Lab at the Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.
Learn More and Register: lnkd.in/eAaZYsQ3
SHOW US THE ART IN YOUR SCIENCE NMD4C Trainees are invited to submit your most compelling neuromuscular science images, for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100! Show us how signals become strength by May 5 2026. Learn More Link: https://lnkd.in/eh_ZNwNr
🔴 | SHOW US THE ART IN YOUR SCIENCE
#NMD4C Trainees are invited to submit your most compelling #neuromuscular science images, for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100!
Show us how signals become strength by May 5 2026 ‼️
🔗 | Learn More: lnkd.in/eh_ZNwNr
The NMD Rounds & Educational Webinars are a self‑approved Group Learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Please Note:
This session is primarily targeted at Canadian clinicians, academics and trainees with an interest in neuromuscular diseases. NMD4C and MDC are providing organizational and technical support. This is an independent clinical/academic webinar with no industry sponsorship or influence.
Learn to
– Review DMD pathophysiology
– Summarize current glucocorticoid treatment approaches in DMD
– Present data on vamorolone for treatment of DMD
– Identify key endocrine complications of long-term glucocorticoid therapy, with emphasis on adrenal suppression, osteoporosis, growth, & weight gain
NMD4C, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, and Defeat Duchenne Canada are pleased to invite you to our next CPD-accredited webinar on April 7 2026
NMD4C, MDC, and Defeat Duchenne Canada are pleased to invite you to our next CPD-accredited webinar, which is focused on practical neuromuscular and endocrine considerations in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
📅 | Date: 7th April, 2026
🕔 | Time: 5:00–6:00 pm. ET
🔗 | Register here: bit.ly/NewSteroidAg...
The Signals That Move Us Image Competition is now open! NMD4C trainees: submit your most compelling neuromuscular science images by May 5 for a chance to win $300, $200, or $100. Show us how signals become strength! neuromuscularnetwork.ca/pillar-1-pre...
We’re thrilled to welcome the new members of the NMD4C BSTC! With new subcommittees launching, trainees are shaping national work in SOPs, podcasts, mentorship, and communications. Excited to have their expertise driving trainee focused initiatives across the network neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204651
The @uottawa.ca is recruiting a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in #neuromuscular disease and related cardiac disorders.
Deadline to apply: April 4, 2026
🔗 | Learn More: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/opportunity/...
#NeuromuscularResearch #ClinicalResearch #Canada #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
We’re thrilled to welcome the new members of the NMD4C BSTC! With new subcommittees launching, trainees are shaping national work in SOPs, podcasts, mentorship, and communications. Excited to have their expertise driving trainee focused initiatives across the network neuromuscularnetwork.ca?p=204651