This week Mike and Jeremy are joined by Dr. Jill Yersak, vice president of mission strategy at The ALS Association, who walks us through some of the highlights in ALS research from 2020, how ALS researchers persevered through the pandemic, and what has her excited heading into 2021.
For more information about research funded by The ALS Association, go to https://www.als.org/research
To reach out to your member of Congress about the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act check out https://als.quorum.us/campaign/ssdivote/
Learn more about the push to get AMX0035 to people with ALS as quickly as possible at https://www.als.org/stories-news/amx0035-petition-delivered-fda
Thanks to Jeremy’s dog, Sophie, for reminding us about the challenges and joys of home recording!
This episode was produced by Garrett Tiedemann and is brought to you by The ALS Association’s national office and the Association’s Minnesota/North Dakota/South Dakota Chapter.