NMD4C steering committee member Dr. Jodi Warman Chardon awarded Tier 2 Clinical Research Chair
We are very proud to congratulate our steering committee member, Dr. Jodi Warman Chardon, for her new appointment at the University of Ottawa! Dr. Warman Chardon is now the Tier 2 Clinical Research Chair in Diagnosis and Discovery Pipeline for Patients with Genetic Neuromuscular Disease. She was previously the Junior Clinical Research Chair in Novel Gene Discovery in Neuromuscular Disease. This appointment is an award and an acknowledgement by her peers as an exceptional emerging researcher with the potential to lead in her field. Dr. Warman Chardon’s clinical research focuses on improved genomic and imaging studies for patients with inherited myopathies and neuromuscular diseases.
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Save the Date: 2027 NMD4C-RARE.Qc Basic Science Research Summer School
NMD4C and RARE.Qc are pleased to announce the 2027 NMD4C–RARE.Qc Basic Science Research Summer School, will take place May 12-14, 2027, at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). The Summer School will bring together graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career researchers for hands-on training workshops, scientific lectures, trainee presentations, networking opportunities, and engagement with leading experts in neuromuscular and rare disease research.
Now Open: 2027 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Funding Competition
Deadline: Oct 14 2026 | We are happy to announce that applications for the 2027 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Funding Competition, in partnership with Muscular Dystrophy Canada, is now open. This annual funding competition awards salary support to early-career scientists in interested in advancing their postdoctoral studies in neuromuscular disease (NMD) research.
Congratulations to our 2026 Collaborative Research Training Award Recipients!!!
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 NMD4C Collaborative Research Training Awards, which supports Canadian trainees in their efforts to advance neuromuscular disease research while strengthening national collaboration among neuromuscular research laboratories.