CPIRF Scientific Advisory Council member, Dr. Nigel Paneth will lead a statewide team of researchers from Michigan who will utilize the state’s archive of newborn blood spots to help them uncover causes of cerebral palsy. The research team’s work is being funded by a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Partners include the Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and the Mary Free Bed Hospital in Grand Rapids.

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