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AR & DG Meeting Update

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Dear SCA6 Network Members,


Our next meeting with Dr. Christopher Gomez will be on April 8 at 3 pm hosted by Susan Stiles and the Ataxia Resources and Discussion Group (ARDG) in partnership with the SCA6 Network. The ARDG meets every Monday, but next Monday will be particularly special with a post-April Fool's Day joke, celebration of the ARDG 4 year anniversary, and discussion about next steps related to the recent publication by Dr. Gomez and Hannah Casey describing the findings from the SCA6 Network questionnaire. The analysis of your responses from the last survey helped answer some questions, but created some new ones. Please also feel free to ask questions, particularly research-related ones, during the meeting. Susan will be watching the chat box for questions.


Please copy and paste the meeting link below into your calendars. 


Note you may join by phone or e-mail, the time is EST and can be converted to other times with a Google search for a time converter, the pass code is 822402. Alos, Susan does record the meetings so if you are not able to attend, you may watch at your leisure later.


I'm looking forward to seeing many of you next week!


Terry



Susan Stiles is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Dr. Gomez regarding SCA6 questionnaire
Time: Apr 8, 2024 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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