Ottawa boasts one of the highest concentrations of neuromuscular researchers in the world, including over 60 Basic Scientists, Clinicians and Clinician Scientists, and more than 150 trainees and staff. The CNMD unites researchers from the University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and the CHEO Research Institute. The CNMD is a pillar of the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI)
Since 2009, and under the leadership of former co-directors Dr. Jodi Warman-Chardon, Dr. Robin Parks, Dr. Rashmi Kothary, and Dr. Bernard Jasmin, CNMD researchers have secured over $100 million in external research funding and have published more than 1000 peer-reviewed publications. Many CMND researchers have gained international recognition, and serve key leadership roles on local, national, and international collaborative research initiatives and on the council of numerous government and charitable funding agencies.
Dr. Mireille Khacho and Dr. Hanns Lochmüller assumed co-leadership of the CNMD in November 2024.