Current Studies

Here is a list of some of our current studies. For additional studies, please visit RecruitMe.

  • Cerebral Palsy Patient Registry

    Principal Investigator:

    Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD
    The Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center's (WFCPC) research team maintains a cerebral palsy (CP) patient registry of more than 1,000 enrolled patients. This registry contains information collected from children and adults with CP. The goal of the registry is to help us learn more about CP and neuromuscular diseases, to understand the quality of life of patients with these diseases, and to study different treatment and surgical options. The registry allows our researchers to capture a more complete picture than ever of the full scope of patients living with CP and to investigate long-term...

  • Identifying Cerebral Palsy Pain Biomarkers

    Principal Investigator:

    Joshua E Hyman, MD
    Pain is a pervasive problem for persons with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The level to which many people with CP suffer from pain is mostly unknown and oftentimes difficult to determine. People with CP who are nonverbal or are unable to communicate cannot report their pain to their doctors or caregivers. We are doing this research study to better understand if the body's response to pain changes in relation to how a person experiences pain and to investigate differences between how people with CP experience pain as compared to the general population and to determine if there is a way we can measure...

  • Investigating Brain Changes in People with Cerebral Palsy

    Principal Investigator:

    Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD
    A key part of the CP definition is that is a non-progressive brain injury. However, as people with CP age, their function often deteriorates. This study seeks to determine whether changes in the brain structure may result in function changes, as they do in other types of brain injuries.