Muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA and SMARD), myasthenia gravis and slow channel syndrome, familial dysautonomia, inherited peripheral sensory and/or motor neuropathies including Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), giant axonal neuropathy, acquired peripheral neuropathies, autoimmune including Guillan-Barre Syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropthay (CIDP), and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
Dr. Emily Carifi is a Program Director in the Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Dr. Carifi manages a portfolio of NINDS projects in the disease areas of Muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathies, charcot marie tooth, spinal muscular atrophy. Dr. Carifi received her B.A. in Neuroscience from Amherst College, PhD in Neuroscience from Thomas Jefferson University. She recently served as a program director at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin diseases.