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Slide Dr. Feldman Given Highest University of Michigan Honor Read the UNIVERSITY RECORD ARTICLE 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. portrait of Dr. Eva Feldman in her lab Slide "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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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. READ ABOUT THE FUN READ ABOUT THE U-M BASEBALL/ALS CONNECTION
Slide 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 Slide 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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Slide 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. READ ABOUT THE GRANT Slide Our mission is to provide exceptional care and advance education, advocacy and original scientific discovery for persons with ALS and their families. OUR CLINIC OUR RESEARCH OUR PEOPLE Slide 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.

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ALS Risk Higher Among Production Workers

Michigan Medicine's Health Lab's Lab Report shared a recent study by Stephen Goutman, M.D., that found that ALS risk is higher among production workers, those exposed to metals, and volatile compounds … [Read More...]

“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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