Ms. Lora L. Clawson is Director of ALS Clinical Services and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. She launched the Johns Hopkins Multidisciplinary ALS Clinic on October 4, 1999. Ms. Clawson specializes in coordinating ALS clinical care management, clinical research studies, and community fundraising for ALS clinical services. Her ALS career began at Hopkins over 20 years ago as a Research Nurse Coordinator. She became the facilitator of the Baltimore ALS Support Group and the Salisbury ALS Support Group. As an ALS expert, Ms. Clawson has coordinated over 25 ALS research studies, co-authored over 30 publications, and over 40 abstracts at ALS conferences around the country. She has chaired the National Neuromuscular Nursing Advisory Board and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Board for ALS, served on many committees. Ms. Clawson was the recipient of the Vickie Appel Award for Excellence in ALS Clinical Care in January 1999. She teaches at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and serves as a mentor and instructor to undergraduate and graduate nursing students. |  |
