Gallery – 2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting
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Highlights from the Event
Presentation of Awards
Awardees Left to Right: Dr. Kiran Polavarapu, Dr. Emma Sutton, Dr. Grayson Beecher, Dr. Bridget Mulvany-Robbins, Marion Boyer and Dr. Xavier Rodrigue
Dr. Emma Sutton - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee & Early Career Publication of the Year
Dr. Grayson Beecher - Early Career Clinical Researcher of the Year
Dr. Bridget Mulvany-Robbins - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee
Dr. Kiran Polavarapu - Early Career Biomedical Researcher of the Year.
Dr. Xavier Rodrigue - Early Career Clinical Researcher of the Year
Dr. Marion Boyer - 2025 Collaborative Research Training Awardee
Dr. Annie Zhu - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee
Awards presented by NMD4C Steering Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Homira Osman and Dr. Hanns Lochmüller.
(Left and Right of Awardee)
Network Updates
In 2025, NMD4C continued to expand its reach and impact across Canada:
- Membership: 848 members, including clinicians, researchers, allied health professionals, patients, and industry partners
- Training & Education: Successful Basic Science and Clinical Summer Schools, workshops, and on-demand outcome measure modules
- Awards & Funding: Early-Career Awards, postdoctoral and clinical fellowships
- Communities of Practice & Resources: Active CoPs, LEARNMD database with 220+ webinar recordings, and collaborative research support
Looking Ahead
- 2026 Basic Science Summer School in Ottawa (June)
- 2026 Annual Meeting & WCNMC in Calgary (Sept 25, 2026)
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