Your Donations in Action
In 2016 The GBS|CIDP Foundation awarded a research grant to Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, MD, PhD, FAAN, Professor of Neurology Neuromuscular and Neuroimmunology Service at Milan University. Dr. Nobile-Orazio’s 2016 study titled: An Italian Multicenter Network for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and of its variants, contributed to the 2019 article: Risk factors for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP): antecedent events, lifestyle and dietary habits. Data from the Italian CIDP Database., published by the EAN (European Academy of Neurology). Update: GBS|CIDP Foundation Research 2016 Grant Recipient, Dr. Eduardo Nobil-Orazio, published in Journal of Neurology, Journal of Neuroimmunology, and Wiley Online Library, and EAN.
Now Accepting Applications for 2020 Research Grants
As part of the GBS|CIDP Foundation International’s mission to provide education and support research, we offer research grants to qualified applicants.
Welcome to Fall Advocacy
Congressional Recess officially ended on September 9th, and the Northeast is already seeing leaves fall from the trees (no color change, yet). Now that Washington, D.C. is back to being fully operational, we have a lot of great things to report on! Check out our highlights below, and stay up to date with all things…
Research in CIDP: Are we making progress?
By Jeffrey A. Allen, MDMember, GBS|CIDP Foundation Global Medical Advisory Board CIDP as a named disease entity is now about 4 decades old. The laboratory data that helps define the disease, nerve conduction studies and in some cases cerebral spinal fluid and nerve biopsy, is even older; and the initial description of what has now…
2018 Research Grant Finalists Announced
We are pleased to announce our 2018 Research Grant Awardees.
Attention Researchers! GBS Deemed Eligible for Research Studies through Department of Defense Peer Review
In March 2018 Congress passed an omnibus bill that finalized Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations. Guillain-Barré Syndrome was again listed as a condition eligible for study! Now is the time to begin applications for available grants. Below is more detailed information regarding applications and possible awards.
A Life and Legacy Dedicated to Research
On June 10, 2018 the GBS|CIDP Foundation International will be holding its 5th Annual New Jersey Walk & Roll. The event will be chaired by local resident, and Foundation volunteer, Susan Salzmann. Recently we had the pleasure of sitting down with Susan as she shared the complex story of her husband’s personal journey with CIDP….
2017 GBS|CIDP Foundation Grant Awardees
(#1) Title of the project: Enhance Peripheral Nerve Repair by Modulating Macrophage Subsets Investigator: Gang Zhang, M.D; Ph.D Assistant Professor of Neurology University of Texas, Health Sciences Center at Houston Synopsis: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is now the first-line therapy for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, there are many disadvantages including high cost, supply shortages, and multiple side effects…
Research Published on Quality of Life in Inflammatory Neuropathies: the IN-Qol
In 2008 the GBS|CIDP Foundation awarded a $60,000 to Ingemar S. J. Merkies, MD, PHD Universiteit Maastricht(The Netherlands), Professor Pieter A. van Doorn (GMAB member) Erasmus MC (The Netherlands) and Richard A. Lewis, MD (GMAB member), Cedars Sinai, for their study in Peripheral Neuropathy Outcome Measures Standardisation (PeriNomS). On February 20, 2018 a paper was…