ANA News
2020-09-01 – ANA member Dr. Kenneth Heilman, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida's College of Medicine, was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article discussing how to stay focused while working from home. Click here to read the article: https://www…
2020-08-26 – Every year 300 national organizations come together on Capitol Hill Day in support of the Rally for Medical Research. The purpose of the rally is to call on our nation's policymakers to make funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a national priority and to raise awareness about the…
2020-08-25 – MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, August 24, 2020 — The American Neurological Association (ANA), the professional organization representing the world’s top academic neurologists and neuroscientists, has announced the winners of its 2020 scientific awards, to be presented during the 145th ANA Annual Meeting, which…
2020-08-25 – In this month’s ANA Q&A Membership Spotlight, we interviewed Beau M. Ances, MD, PhD, MSc who talks about the research that has gone into HIV medicine, cognitive issues for those who are HIV positive and getting older, and how his lab’s work can be used to study the COVID-19 virus. 1. What…
2020-08-20 – On August 18, NIH issued a news release detailing a recent study on pontetnial drugs to be used to slow the progression of DIPGs. Senior author Sriram Venneti, M.D., Ph.D., and a team of researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor conducted the study. Researchers primarily…
2020-08-17 – ANA members Drs. Paven Bhargava and Florian P. Thomas were quoted in a recent HealthCentral article sharing tips to prevent an MS relapse. Click here to read the article: "Triggered: 8 Things You Can Do to Prevent an MS Relapse."
2020-08-06 – ANA member Dr. Stephen Silberstein is quoted in a recent Women's Running article discussing Botox for runners with chronic migraine headaches. Click here to read the article, "What Runners Need to Know About Botox."
2020-08-03 – On Friday, July 31, the House of Representatives passed an FY21 appropriations bill increasing funding for the research and treatment of brain disorders. Among the funding approved was $500 million for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. The BRAIN…
2020-08-02 – Allison Navis, MD, a 2018 ANA International Travel Outreach Scholarship (IOTS) recipient, recently had an article published in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. The article is titled "Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in the central nervous system: Limitations for diagnosis in…
2020-07-29 – The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research issued the following statement regarding the urgent need for emergency spending for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address both the COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptions to medical research: The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research strongly…