Joshua Woolstenhulme, DPT, PhD, assistant professor of health, human function, and rehabilitation sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, recently received a $130,000 grant from the Cure JM Foundation.
The grant will aid in Woolstenhulme’s research to better understand the etiology of fatigue and fatigability in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients using cardiorespiratory measures. His study will measure oxidative stress and mitochondrial function as possible causes of fatigue.
He said he hopes his research will shed light on why JDM patients continue to feel significant fatigue, a persistent problem, despite disease control.
