Welcome to your July newsletter from the World Muscle Society
It is 30 years now since Victor Dubowitz brought together the group of people who created the World Muscle Society. At that first meeting, which took place in London, 15 people working in the field of neuromuscular disorders, representing eight nations across four continents, came together to create a new international muscle society with the aim of arranging frequent, interdisciplinary meetings.
Just four years later, I attended my first WMS Congress and I am very proud to be leading the Society in through our 30th anniversary.
We have come a long way in the intervening decades, and this was brought home to me at the Executive Board meeting earlier this month. We invited each of the WMS committee chairs to come to the meeting and present an update on the work they're doing. It was truly inspiring to hear from so many dedicated and passionate people about each committee's work and future plans.
Among the presentations, we heard from Teresa Gerhalter from the Sustainability Committee about the progress we're making to reduce our environmental footprint while learning more about the impact of environmental factors on the development of NMDs. We heard from Lindsay Alfano about the ongoing work of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee to ensure all voices are heard and all backgrounds are represented in everything we do.
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