Merit Cudkowicz | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | Clinical ALS research |
| Awards | 2019 2019 Ray Adams American Neurological Association Award, 2014 Lou Gehrig Humanitarian Award, 2009 American Academy of Neurology Sheila Essay ALS award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience, neurology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Merit Cudkowicz is an American neurologist and neuroscientist who studies amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cudkowicz is Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, director of the ALS clinic and the Neurological Clinical Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and chair of the Department of Neurology at MGH. Cudkowicz has led several large-scale collaborations and clinical trials to test novel treatments for ALS and as of 2020, researching ways to detect early biomarkers of ALS to improve diagnosis.