Charlotte Handberg

Prof. Charlotte Handberg is a professor and head of research at the National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (RCFM) in Aarhus, Denmark and at the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark. RCFM a national highly specialized private hospital that offers lifelong rehabilitation under the National Board of Health. Charlotte Handberg has done research within rehabilitation since 2007 and has been engaged in teaching and leadership for many years. She is the author of many peer-reveiwed articles and book chapters and has various PhD and master’s students. Charlotte Handberg is principal investigator of various research projects – often conducted in collaboration with the university hospitals in Denmark and abroad. Currently she’s leading or supervising studies on Duchennes muscular dystrophy (DMD), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), and myestenia gravis (MG). Additionally, generic projects on neuromuscular diseases on educational choices, telepresence robots for educational support for children and living with personal assistance. She is deputy chair in the Danish Research network for neurology Nurses, member of European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS), the Danish Society for Public Health and former board member of DASYS Research council. Charlotte Handberg has been a member of European Reference Network for neuromuscular diseases ERN EURO-NMD as an alternate to Aarhus University Hospital since 2023. Charlotte Handberg is a member of: The ENMC research comitte, The ALS Netherlands Foundation and The Danish Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.