The Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN) has announced a new community education webinar series focused on its findings and directions in research for cerebral palsy (CP).  One webinar per month will be presented by the principal investigator conducting the research and be followed by an open Q&A.  Interested participants must sign-up. These webinars will not only provide the community with an excellent opportunity to learn about important new research projects but also to interact with the clinician researchers conducting these studies.  Webinars will occur on weeknights at 8 pm ET.

The first webinar, scheduled for Wednesday March 25, is focused on the preliminary findings about adult health and wellbeing from the adult registry that was launched last year.  It will be presented by Dr. Mary Gannotti, a professor from the University of Hartford and the co-chair of the CPRN adult study group, who has led the development of the study in conjunction with several clinicians who treat and study adults with CP in addition to help from the CPRN Adult Community Advisory Committee.

The webinars scheduled for the rest of the year include:

Date	Subject	Speaker
April 23	Report from the CPRN Clinical Registry	Garey Noritz, MD
May	Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy	Adam Ostendorf, MD
June	Practice Variation in Spasticity Management for Diplegics	Paul Gross
July	Functional Improved Related to Spasticity Treatments	Kristie Bjornson, PT, PhD
August	Practice Variation in Spasticity Management for Children who are not Ambulatory	Sruthi Thomas, MD, PhD
September	CP Genetics	Michael Kruer, MD
October	Speech and Participation	Kristen Allison, PhD
November	Family Attitudes About CP Diagnoses	Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil

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