Research Award Details

2019 - St. Giles Young Investigator Award

Muscle Disease in Cerebral Palsy


Grant Recipient: Rachel Thompson, MD

Institution:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Further Funding:
Further grant obtained as result of POSNA funding: Funded: UCLA Council on Research Faculty Research Grant for the “Validation of an Animal Model to Investigate the Origins of Muscle Pathology in Cerebral Palsy” (Thompson: PI) Pending: NIH P30 Center Grant for Muscle Research at UCLA (Thompson: co-investigator) 1. Smith LR, Chambers HG, Lieber RL. Reduced satellite cell population may lead to contractures in children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 2013;55:264-70.