On August 24th, ALS News Today featured an article discussing a recent publication by first author Ashley Waito, a doctoral candidate who visited the NSSR Lab to work on a collaborative study between Dr. Emily Plowman and Dr. Catriona Steele. This particular article discusses pharyngeal squeeze, or constriction of the…
Back in October, the journal Neurogastroenterology and Motility accepted a manuscript submission from the NSSR side of the lab entitled “Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Profiles in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.” The first author is PhD candidate Lauren Tabor, supported by Dr. Emily Plowman. This work was a collaboration between the NSSR lab and…
The collaboration between Dr. Emily Plowman and Dr. Catriona Steele of the Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory (SRRL) in Toronto, Canada has kicked off! Doctoral student Ashley Waito is representing the SRRL here in the Swallowing Systems Core laboratory and coordinated the first two patients to participate in the study to…
In February this year, Dr. Emily Plowman prepared and presented data from her research in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to the ALS Association. Unlike some venues that are only accessible to a few, this presentation was in the form of a webinar, available for anyone to view…
[lead]Emily Plowman was appointed as a Medical Advisor for A Life Story Foundation.[/lead] The mission of this foundation is to raise awareness and create action to discover effective treatments, and ultimately a cure for ALS. A Life Story Foundation was founded by Kevin Swan, a patient of Dr. Plowmans,…
