The Latest News from MGH with Dr. Suma Babu from Healey Center for ALS

CCALS Cultivating Compassion Education Series: Recorded on April 30, 2023.
Join us for an informative talk by Dr. Suma Babu, sharing with us the latest research developments at the Healey Center for ALS, and highlighting some of the important ways MGH and CCALS work together to care for those living with ALS. Dr. Babu serves as a physician investigator in ALS. She has a special interest in developing disease-modifying treatments and clinical trial biomarker readouts for people with motor neuron diseases. Her clinical research work is primarily aimed at improving ALS patient care and survival outcomes. She has also been a key advocate and implementor of the MGH House Call Program, in partnership with CCALS.
About Dr. Babu
Dr. Babu is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and provides clinical care for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases at the multidisciplinary ALS clinic at MGH. Dr. Babu completed her neurology training at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, and two fellowships in neuromuscular medicine and Neurodegenerative disorders at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical research training includes the completion of the following: a 2-year competitive Clinical and Translational Research Academy program at Harvard Medical School (2018), a master’s in public health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health (2008), and a competitive NIH funded Clinical Trial Methodology Course (2017 cohort). Dr. Babu co-chairs the NEALS Consortium imaging subcommittee, an international organization for ALS researchers. Her research is funded by prestigious awards from NIH-NINDS, the American Academy of Neurology, the ALS Association, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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