Research Team
Kathryn J. Swoboda, M.D.
Kathryn J. Swoboda received her M.D. from Northwestern University in 1990. She received subsequent subspecialty training in neurology, genetics and neurophysiology at Harvard Medical School and Affiliated Programs. Currently, she is associate professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Utah, where she directs the Pediatric Motor Disorders Research Program. A focus of her research efforts in neuromuscular disease include genotype/phenotype studies, and the development of clinical trial outcome measures for children with neuromuscular disorders. This work includes development and application of electrophysiologic techniques to better understand the time course of disease progression, pathophysiology and genotype-phenotype correlates underlying motor dysfunction in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). She in the principal investigator for the Project Cure SMA Investigator's Network, an international multi-center clinical research collaboration funded by Families of SMA to facilitate the rapid translation of new therapies for treatment trials. Another focus of her efforts includes genotype/phenotype studies in children with movement disorders, including alternating hemiplegia of childhood, and inherited disorders affecting neurotransmitter synthesis and metabolism, particularly those involved in dopaminergic pathways. She receives funding from NICHD, Families of SMA, Fight SMA, MDA, the SMA foundation, and the Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation.
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