April showers bring… FPN news! We are gearing up for PN Awareness Week and hope that you will help us spread the word over the next month – and every day thereafter. In addition to our awareness campaign, we are continuously doing better by offering “more.” Thank you so much for being an active reader. […]
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy and the Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program Co-Host March 8, 2023, Webinar About Award Pre-Applications CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — For the third consecutive year, peripheral neuropathy (PN) has been renewed for research funding by the Department of Defense (DoD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)’s $370 million fund. In advance of pre-application deadlines, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) […]
What It Is In response to the tireless advocacy and outreach from the peripheral neuropathy (PN) community, Congress designated peripheral neuropathy as a condition in the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) in the annual Defense Appropriations Act during fiscal years 2021 through 2023. During that time, the Department of Defense funded more than $13 million in […]
Read More… from Call to Action 2023 – Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program!
Paula Barreras, MD, neuroimmunology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Erika Williams, MD, PhD, neuromuscular fellow at Massachusetts General Brigham are receiving the inaugural Clinical Research Training Scholarships (CRTS). Through these awards, FPN is providing $300,000 in peripheral neuropathy (PN) research funding. Identifying Biomarkers and Pathogenic Mechanisms in Sarcoidosis-Associated Small Fiber Neuropathy Barreras will study […]
Read More… from Inaugural Clinical Research Training Scholarship Recipients Announced
In 2020, the peripheral neuropathy (PN) research community achieved a huge breakthrough. For the first time, Congress included “peripheral neuropathy” as an eligible condition for study in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). This secured more than $8 million in grants for peripheral neuropathy research in fiscal year 2021. Our […]
The Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting was held in Miami in May 2022. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to be able to provide PNS Meeting 2022 highlights, summarizing some of the clinical studies presented at the conference. Study teams reported on natural history studies and (clinical) intervention trials for peripheral neuropathies who concluded […]
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy’s (FPN) Executive Director Lindsay Colbert was in attendance for a presentation by Melissa Elafros, MD, PhD, of the University of Michigan; Michelle Kvalsund, DO, MS, of the University of Zambia; and Brian Callahan MD, MS, of the University of Michigan at the Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting in Miami. FPN […]