Announcing the 2026 Neuromuscular Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding Recipients!
Published: 13 January 2026
Together with MDC, we’re excited to share our 2026 neuromuscular postdoctoral fellowship funding recipients!
This year’s competition provided 1-year salary support ($40,000) to two exceptional early‑career scientists to pursue postdoctoral research in Canadian laboratories dedicated to advancing neuromuscular research.
Congratulations to the 2026 Award Recipients!
- Dr. Haley Geertsma | CHEO Research Institute
Supervisor: Dr. Hanns Lochmüller - Dr. Isabelle Demers, | Université de Sherbrooke
Supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Gagnon
This fellowship program is made possible through generous funding from MDC in support of the next generation of neuromuscular researchers across Canada.
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