Dr. Foley was first involved in pediatric neuromuscular trials while completing a year of postgraduate fellowship in pediatric neuromuscular disease at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Foley was a Clinical Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. In 2014, she became an Investigator at the Neuromuscular and Neurogenic Disorders of Childhood Section of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Foley’s research focuses on congenital muscular dystrophies and, in particular, on coordinating an international collaboration to study the natural history of collagen VI-related myopathies. The main goal of her research is to promote progress towards clinical trials.