Contact our Research Team
For general inquiries, please contact us at grants@mdausa.org.
Senior Vice President, Chief Research Officer
Provides scientific leadership for MDA through interactions with federal agencies, international neuromuscular disease partners, drug development groups and pharmaceutical companies, as well as with patient advocacy groups and other neuromuscular disease stakeholders.
Scientific Portfolio Director
Manages basic and translational research portfolios relating to muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne (DMD), Becker (BMD), facioscapulohumeral (FSHD), Emery-Dreifuss (EDMD) and oculopharyngeal (OPMD).
Scientific Portfolio Director
Manages basic and translational research portfolios relating to motor and peripheral neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), as well as diseases of the neuromuscular junction.
Scientific Portfolio Director
Manages basic and translational research portfolios relating to myopathies including inflammatory, metabolic and mitochondrial myopathies, in addition to muscular dystrophies such as myotonic (DM), limb-girdle (LGMD) and congenital (CMD).
Grants Manager
Responsible for the administration of MDA's Research Grants Program. Contact for general research grants administration questions, reports, funding histories, committee meeting information, board reports, annual reports, Animal Care and Use approvals, Internal Review Board approvals and committed expenses.
Grants Specialist
Responsible for the administration of MDA's Venture Philanthropy (MVP) and Clinical Research Grant (CRG) programs. Contact for all matters related to these funding programs.
Research Specialist
Provides support for the activities of MDA's research team
