NEALS Presents: A Journey to Hope

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Jinsy Andrews, Rick Bedlack, James Berry, Kelly Gwathmey, Stephen Johnson, Layne Oliff, John Novak, Carly Allen, Beverly Smits, and Christina Smith for their contributions and support in bringing this comic book to fruition.

A special thank you to Rick Bedlack for originating the idea behind this project your creativity has inspired us all!

We are also deeply grateful to our talented illustrator, Lisa Daria Kennedy from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, for her time, care, and patience in bringing our vision to life

Let’s discuss our next steps!

None of this would be possible

Without these folks

The patient advocates who tirelessly fought to pass legislation that funds clinical research

We have to talk to regulartory partners

We have to talk to patient partners We have to choose the correct biomarkers

Our mission is to accelerate the development of new treatments through innovative research and working collaboratively with people living with ALS and all stakeholders in the ALS research community

Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc

Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD

Terry Heiman-Paterson, MD

Rick Bedlack, MD, PhD

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc

James Berry, MD, MPH

Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD

Jonathan Glass, MD

NEALS Executive Committee

Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc, James Berry, MD, MPH

Richard Bedlack, MD, PhD, Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc

Christina Fournier, MD, Matthew Harms, MD

Gale Kittle, RN, MPH, Layne Oliff, PharmD, Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD

Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD, Zachary Simmons, MD, Nicole Turcotte, MPH

NEALS Scientific Advisory Board

Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD

Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD, Sami Barmada, MD, PhD

Robert Bowser, PhD, Robert Brown, Jr., MD, DPhil

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, Christina Fournier, MD, MSc

Jonathan Glass, MD, Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD

Nicholas Maragakis, MD, Piera Pasinelli, PhD, Rita Sattler, PhD, MSc, Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD

NEALS Patient Advisory Committee

Cari Meystrik, Kevin Robinson, Layne Oliff, Lori Andre, Lori Larson Heller

Mark Weston, Stacey Yung, Timothy Lowrey, Allison Bulat, Mandi Bailey

Paul Weekley

NEALS Executive Operations Team

Carly Allen, Christina Smith, Beverly Smits

Strategic Advisor, Community Engagement

Allison Bulat