The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* is pleased to announce that Maximiliano Barrientos has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Barrientos is a Co-founder, Investor and CFO...
Welcoming New Expert Advisors
By Keith Fargo, Chief Scientific Officer The CMT Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board is composed of distinguished scientists and clinicians who provide independent expert perspectives as key volunteers. Their contributions take several forms. Most visibly,...
CMT Research Foundation Elects Board Member Cleary Simpson to Chief Executive Officer
By Patrick Livney, Board Chair and Co Founder As we move from being a startup to the leading foundation seeking to cure CMT, we can look back with great pride on our progress to date: We have raised almost $10 million in three years, funded 12 projects (with two in...
Michele and Kent Stahl and Family Give $1,000,000 to the CMT Research Foundation to Develop Treatments for CMT1A
Atlanta (January 4, 2021) Michele and Kent Stahl and their family today announce a $1 million donation to support the CMT Research Foundation’s $10 million ENDGAME: the Campaign to End CMT1A. Since the soft launch of ENDGAME in September, families and friends with...
Why Michele and Kent Stahl and their family made a $1,000,000 gift to CMT Research Foundation to develop treatments for CMT1A
Michele and Kent’s son, Austin, was diagnosed with CMT1A when he was 16 years old. Having difficulty with his balance and walking, it took years for him and his family to understand the cause. His mother Michele recounts, “we spent seven years searching for an answer....
2021 Year in Review
2021 has been a banner year for progress in CMT drug development, much of which has been possible because of your partnership with the CMT Research Foundation – thank you! Despite the challenges presented by a global pandemic, we can be proud of all that we were able...
The CMT Research Foundation Kicks Off September CMT Action Month
Each September we join with other organizations to build awareness for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. As you know, CMT is little-known and poorly understood outside of the patient community and we celebrate each and every effort to educate the medical community, the...
CEO Susan Ruediger featured on Global Genes podcast. LISTEN HERE
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CMT Research Foundation Targets CMT1X in Partnership with University of Illinois Chicago
CMTRF’s 11th Major Project in Less Than Three Years ATLANTA (July 8, 2021) The CMT Research Foundation, a nonprofit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth, today announced it has partnered with the University of Illinois Chicago...
CMT Research Foundation To Host First Global Research Convention
Several Hundred Charcot-Marie-Tooth* World Leaders Gather to Accelerate Collaboration and Advancements in Research; Pharma Partner DTx to Review Significant Progress in Drug Delivery Gene Therapy Innovator and Pioneer Dr. James M. Wilson to Keynote ATLANTA (June...