The Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN) and CP NOW’s latest effort to generate a patient-centered research agenda for dystonia in cerebral palsy kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, October 16th at 8 pm ET.  Join Pediatric Neurologist Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil, Community Advocate Melanie Brittingham and CPRN Chairman Paul Gross, to learn about this innovative program to help establish the most important research questions in dystonia in CP.  Register for the first webinar here.

Gross will kick-off the webinar with an overview of the Research CP process – the webinars, collaborative surveys and discussions – that will result in a list of research questions that the community finds most pressing in dystonia.  Brittingham, a board member of CP NOW and the mother of a child with dystonia in CP, will provide an overview of the community experience with dystonia.  And then Dr. Aravamuthan will lead the participants through the definition of dystonia in CP.  The webinar will be followed by a question and answer session.

Research CP Dystonia Edition is intended for people who have experienced dystonia in CP and clinician researchers who diagnose and treat the condition.  The program consists of a webinar series followed by discussions and collaboration on the most pressing research questions and a voting process involving both community members and clinicians.  The program will be conducted over several months using a series of online tools and forums to garner input and priorities from the extended community.