Gallery – 2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting

Thank You for making the 2025 NMD4C Annual Meeting a Success!

A sincere thank-you to our sponsors MDC and CIHR, all members, speakers, and partners who contributed to the success of this event.

Together, we are strengthening the neuromuscular community in Canada.

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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, Dr Xavier Rodrigue
Awardees Left to Right: Dr. Kiran Polavarapu, Dr. Emma Sutton, Dr. Grayson Beecher, Dr. Bridget Mulvany-Robbins, Marion Boyer and Dr. Xavier Rodrigue
Left to Right: Dr. Homira Osman, Dr. Emma Sutton and Dr. Hanns Lochmuller
Dr. Emma Sutton - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee & Early Career Publication of the Year
Dr. Grayson Beecher - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee & Early Career Clinical Researcher 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. Bridget Mulvany-Robbins - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding Awardee
Dr. Kiran Polavarapu - Early Career Biomedical Researcher of the Year.
Dr. Kiran Polavarapu - Early Career Biomedical Researcher of the Year.
Dr. Xavier Rodrigue - Early Career Clinical Researcher of the Year
Dr. Xavier Rodrigue - Early Career Clinical Researcher of the Year
Dr. Marion Boyer - 2025 Collaborative Research Training Awardee
Dr. Marion Boyer - 2025 Collaborative Research Training Awardee
Dr. Annie Zhu - 2025 NMD4C/MDC Clinical Fellowship Funding 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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