Research Team
Kathryn J. Swoboda, M.D.
Kathryn J. Swoboda received her M.D. from Northwestern University in 1990. She subsequently completed subspecialty training in neurology, genetics and neurophysiology at Harvard Medical School and Affiliated Programs. Currently, she is an associate professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Utah, where she directs the Pediatric Motor Disorders Research Program and Neuromuscular Electrodiagnostic Laboratory at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
The primary focus of her research efforts over the past decade have been directed to better understand the pathophysiology and genotype-phenotype correlates underlying motor dysfunction in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other motor disorders of childhood onset. She is the principal investigator for the Project Cure SMA Investigator’s Network, an international multi-center clinical research collaboration intended to facilitate the rapid translation of new therapies for treatment trials.
Board Certifications:
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Neurophysiology
- Clinical Genetics
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