ANA News

2020-07-28 –   The ANA is proud to be a sponsor of #BlackInNeuroWeek! The organizers have an impressive lineup of panelists and Black neuro-experts who will share their insight and perspectives throughout the week. Visit www.blackinneuro.com/binweek for more info or to register for any of the many live events…

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2020-07-28 – Policymakers and private insurers are making critical decisions about whether to extend or make permanent key telehealth flexibilities that were implemented in response to COVID-19. To help ensure the neurology community’s telehealth priorities are preserved beyond the public health emergency, the…

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2020-07-27 – This month ANA talked to Dr. Roy Hamilton, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Departments and Director of both the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (LCNS) and the Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation…

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2020-07-15 – Earlier this week, the House Appropriations Committee passed two bills with funding for the research and treatment of brain disorders. On Monday, the Committee passed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, including $100 million for the BRAIN…

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2020-07-14 – ANA President Dr. Justin McArthur was a guest on a recent Neurology Consultant podcast episode discussing the changes that need to be made in the research community to encompass a larger representative cohort, how current events will shape the future of neurology, and how the ANA has responded.…

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2020-07-08 – ANA Member Stephen Silberstein, MD, director of the Headache Center at Jefferson University in Philadelphia, is featured in a Well and Good article discussing headaches and migraines.    “A migraine is a headache, but it has certain characteristics; a Picasso and a Rembrandt are both paintings, but…

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2020-07-07 – The House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee released text of its draft FY 21 spending bill on July 6, ahead of the subcommittee’s 5 p.m. markup today. The draft bill provides a total of $47 billion for NIH in FY 2021, which the committee-prepared summary describes as an increase of $5…

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2020-07-02 – National Institute on Aging recently published an article on brain donation and the gift that it represents to future generations. Those who choose to become brain donors make a profound commitment to the advancement of scientific research. Even a single donated brain can generate a huge scientific…

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2020-06-23 – A message from the American Brain Coalition:  Now is the time for ABC members to rally!  We urge you to contact your Representatives to join the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus.   Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) created the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus to…

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