Jodie Howell, LPN, CCRP, Support Group Co-Facilitator for the Virginia State area and is the Clinical Research Coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University. With 14 years of clinical research experience, she has spent three years focusing on neuromuscular disease, helping implement studies and trials for DM1 and FSHD. For the last three years, she has focused on the Myotonic Dystrophy Translational Research Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jodie serves as a Virginia Medical Reserve Corps. Volunteer in the Tri-City area to support public health emergencies and co-chairs the Virginia Chapter for FSHD Society in Richmond. Jodie earned her Associate’s degree at John Tyler Community College and her LPN at ECPI University.