Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Genetic myopathy

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of genetic myopathy and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our genetic myopathy research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Researchers

Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Warman Chardon, Jodi MD, PhD FRCPC (Neurology)	Associate Scientist (Neuroscience)	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Genetic myopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Neuromuscular disease, Spinal muscular atrophy, Stiff person syndrome	Artificial intelligence and data science, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Exome sequencing analysis, Genetics, Imaging, MRI muscle imaging, Next generation sequencing, RNA sequencing, Genetics
Allen, Matti MD, PhD	Clinician Investigator (Neuroscience)	Aging, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Genetic myopathy, Muscular dystrophy, Myasthenia gravis, Neuromuscular disease, Spinal muscular atrophy	Biomarkers, Clinical research, Exercise, Neuro-stimulation, Rehabilitation, Systems biology, Translational research

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