INTERNATIONAL GUEST SPEAKER
Dr Nicol Voermans MD, PhD
Nicol Voermans is a neuromuscular neurologist working at the Radboudumc in Nijmegen with more than 15 years of clinical and research experience. Her main fields of research are 1) FSHD: genotype - phenotype coupling, trial readiness, optimal symptomatic treatment and trial fitness, and clinical trials; and 2) Congenital myopathies: genotype - phenotype coupling, trial readiness, optimal symptomatic treatment and trial fitness, and clinical trials. In 2021, She has launched the FSHD European Trial Network, bringing together all researchers and clinicians involved with FSHD in Europe. She organized two ENMC workshops on FSHD in 2022 focusing on genetic diagnosis, clinical outcome measures, biomarkers and imaging.