To mark this occasion and commemorate the legacy of Lord John Walton, the team will be holding an international conference, “Neuromuscular Diseases: the next ten years”, at The Baltic Centre from Sunday 24th to Monday 25th of November 2024.
Launched in November 2014, the centre brings together expertise and consolidates Newcastle's distinguished, international, and world-leading record in research and care for neuromuscular diseases.
The team, based at the Centre for Life, is working across Newcastle University and the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with close links to the Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction research theme within the NIHR Newcastle BRC. It focusses on translational research to improve the health outcomes of people living with neuromuscular diseases.
They continued to build, shape, and develop the centre's team of international experts and to be leading them now under the auspicious name of Lord Walton, who first established a dedicated and integrated neuromuscular clinical and research unit in Newcastle Upon Tyne in the 1950s.
The conference will be organised by us and arranged around our four strands of work: Clinical Care & Diagnostics, Clinical Research, Basic Research and Networking & Collaborations. All are strongly interlinked and the work across these teams is key to our success and impact in the international neuromuscular field.
Over the last decade the centre has been performing translational research to bring diagnosis, care, and therapy to people living with neuromuscular disease. At the conference, they will reflect on the last ten years of success and explore exciting developments in the field. The conference will feature exciting lectures from experts at the JWMDRC and panel discussions including leading neuromuscular and rare disease guest-experts with whom they have strong collaborations.
The programme will feature the following topics:
As well as being a celebration of the JWMDRC, this event will provide the opportunity to forge new partnerships, learn from the leading experts in the field and share best practices. Please follow this link to find out more about the conference and to register.