Welcome to ImagingDMD
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) recently renewed a 5-year, multi-million dollar research grant to investigate the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to noninvasively monitor disease progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Project Coordinator: Claudia Senesac
csenesac@phhp.ufl.edu
352-273-6453
Site Coordinator: Laura McMahon
mcmahola@ohsu.edu
503-418-1540
Site Coordinator: Donnette Paris
paris@email.chop.edu
267-426-7167
The study, known as "ImagingDMD" is a joint effort between researchers at the University of Florida (UF), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), and Shriners Hospital for Children-Portland. Dr. Krista Vandenborne of UF, the study’s director along with Dr. Lee Sweeney of UF, the study’s co-Director, will lead a national group of experts in this effort, including Dr. Glenn Walter of UF, Drs. Gihan Tennekoon and Dah-Jyuu Wang from CHOP, and Drs. William Rooney, Erika Finanger, and Barry Russman from OHSU. Families interested in learning more about the study are encouraged to contact us.