Great news! The appropriations bill passed by Congress this week included dystonia on the list of eligible conditions for the Department of Defense’s Peer Review Medical Research Program. AND this program received an increase of $150 million over the FY13 level. This increase in funding will allow more research to be funded and/or for research to be funded at higher levels. You helped to make this happen! It demonstrates the power of advocacy. Many of you have been working tirelessly to have dystonia included in this program. THANK YOU! We also want to recognize and express our appreciation to the late Honorable Bill Young, Congressman from Florida. Congressman Young had been a champion of dystonia and his support of the addition of dystonia to the DOD medical research program list was so important this year. Remember to mark your calendars for April 8-9, 2014 for Dystonia Advocacy Day in Washington, DC. Let’s keep up the good work!
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:02:42 +0000
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