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In October 2012, funds from the Illinois State Lottery helped launch eight new innovative local MS research projects which range from investigating the reduction of disease development and stimulation of myelin repair to original rehabilitation and physical exercise techniques. Click on the researcher below to read more about their ongoing MS research project.
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Douglas Feinstein, Ph.D. (University of Illinois - Chicago), investigating a possible new therapy to slow nerve damage and enhance nerve growth and myelin repair, to help restore function in people MS |
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Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), testing strategies to reduce falling in people with MS |
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Ian Rice, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), focusing on promoting physical activity in people with MS who use powered wheelchairs by adding the use of manual wheelchairs |
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Brian Popko, Ph.D. (University of Chicago), aiming to develop new drugs to improve walking in people with MS and for use in imaging studies
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Deyu Fang, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), studying a new target to reduce disease development and allow natural repair systems to work in MS
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Robert Motl, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), expanding a clinical trial testing the ability of exercise to improve function in people with advanced MS and developing ways to evaluate fitness in people with advanced disability from MS
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Sara Szuchet, Ph.D. (University of Chicago), studying how myelin, which is attacked by the immune system in MS, is normally made, for clues to new ways to repair myelin and restore function in people with MS
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