Dr. Conwit is a program director in the Clinical trials cluster with a background in neuromuscular disease and clinical neurophysiology. Most recently she was a neurology department faculty member at Johns Hopkins subspecializing in electromyography and neuromuscular disease, with clinical trials experience in ALS and diabetic neuropathy. Her prior experience also includes running an ALS Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh where she was the principal investigator for ALS clinical trials . Dr. Conwit earned a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, magna cum laude; attended medical school at the University of Buffalo; and completed a residency in Neurology at George Washington University, followed by a fellowship in electromyography at NIH . Her current interests include Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT), neurologic intervention studies, adult neuromuscular diseases including ALS and neuropathies.