Dr Maria Kinali is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist with special interests in childhood neuromuscular diseases, neurogenetics and neurorehabilitation. In 1999 she coordinated the UK steroid trial in DMD involving the smooth integration of a study in 14 UK neuromuscular Centres. She contributed to her interest in translational research by setting up a Rare Diseases biological samples bank (Biobank) for research to facilitate pharmacological, gene and cell therapy trials in NMD. Between April 2005-May 2009 I worked as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow, at both Imperial College and subsequently the Institute of Child Health, London, coordinating a Phase I/II Clinical Trial using a Morpholino Antisense Oligonucleotide (AVI-4658) in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Dr Kinali achieved her primary medical qualification (Ptychio Iatrikes) in 1992 at the University of Patras, completing an MD in the management and long-term outcomes in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and contributing in the delineation of the natural history of several neuromuscular disorders (NMD). Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments Greater occipital nerve injections Botox injections for migraines Neurogenetics Neurorehabilitation Childhood neuromuscular diseases Clinical aspects, management and therapy of Epilepsy Complex headaches Chronic headaches Progressive neurodegenerative movement disorders General neurology