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"Research Into Preventing ALS…"

Pranger ALS Clinic Director Stephen Goutman, MD, was featured on the ALS Association's podcast, Connecting ALS. Listen as he shares new information about ALS risk factors and the burgeoning science of preventing ALS.

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Dr. Feldman Given Highest University of Michigan Honor

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The University Record announced Dr. Eva Feldman received the Distinguished University Professorship, along with four of her U-M colleagues. She now adds the James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor of Neurology to her growing number of impressive titles and accolades.

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A Home Run!

After a 2-season hiatus, the ALS Awareness baseball game returned last week with Michigan Baseball completing a season sweep against the Michigan State Spartans.

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READ ABOUT THE U-M BASEBALL/ALS CONNECTION

Epstein’s Generous Gift to Fund ALS Innovation & Emerging Scholar

When two separate ALS diagnoses touched the lives of Bob & Joan Epstein, they sprang to action and funded the Robert A. Epstein and Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein Fund for Innovative Therapies and the Robert A. Epstein and Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein Emerging Scholar, Dr. Benjamin Murdock.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. MURDOCK READ THEIR STORY

Announcing the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award

The NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies and ALS Center of Excellence is thrilled to receive a first-of-its-kind grant from the NIH, the equivalent of a medical “moonshot” to understand why the risk of ALS is so high in Michigan.

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New CDC Grant to Study Air Pollution & ALS

A CDC-funded multidisciplinary effort at U-M will investigate air pollution as a major and modifiable risk factor for ALS and seek to identify therapy targets.

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Our mission is to provide exceptional care and advance education, advocacy and original scientific discovery for persons with ALS and their families.

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Early Treatment with New ALS Drug Combination Improved Survival

An open label extension shows additional benefit from a drug currently being tested for persons with ALS.

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The Pranger ALS Clinic at the ALS Center of Excellence is committed to providing compassionate care to patients with ALS. Certified by the ALS Association for more than two decades, we offer treatments that maximize quality of life and functional independence and manage symptoms. We know that ALS affects the whole family unit and offer compassion and support not only to our patients, but also their family and friends. Treating ALS requires a large, dedicated multidisciplinary team, such as the exceptional group we have assembled at the University of Michigan.

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The University of Michigan ALS Center is dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and compassionate care of ALS.

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The University of Michigan is a world leader in research designed to advance the treatment and care of ALS patients.

Dr. Eva Feldman, director of the ALS Center of Excellence, discusses the impact that ALS research has on patients:

“Research Into Preventing ALS…”

Pranger ALS Clinic Director Stephen Goutman, MD, was the featured guest on Connecting ALS. The ALS Association's podcast spoke to Dr. Goutman about ALS risk factors and the burgeoning science of … [Read More...]

portrait of Dr. Eva Feldman in her lab

Dr. Feldman Given Highest University of Michigan Honor

The University Record announced that ALS Center of Excellence Director Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., received the Distinguished University Professorship, along with four of her U-M … [Read More...]

Multidisciplinary Team Publishes Paper on ALS Occupational Risk

A robust partnership among the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies, the ALS Center of Excellence, and the University of Michigan School of Public Health has produced an important publication in the … [Read More...]

The ANA Q&A: Dr. Eva Feldman on ALS

In honor of ALS Awareness Month, the American Neurological Association spoke to Dr. Eva Feldman about ALS advocacy, the ALS patient population, new research, and more. From the American … [Read More...]

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5 Things to Know About ALS

Dr. Stephen Goutman shares important information that everyone should know about ALS on Michigan Medicine's Michigan Health blog. From Michigan Medicine's Michigan Health blog: Health … [Read More...]