ANA News
2021-10-15 – The American Neurological Association (ANA) continues its commitment to supporting the professional goals of all its members with the newly-established ANA-Persyst IDEAS (Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/Anti-racism/Social Justice) Professional Development Award for early career scholars. The new award,…
2021-10-14 – Timothy Miller, MD, PhD, will be presenting late-breaking data during the ANA2021 plenary session "Advances in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," scheduled for Sunday, October 17 from 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM EDT. His presentation, "Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for SOD1 ALS," will include topline…
2021-10-14 – NINDS Director Walter J. Koroshetz, MD recently shared a new Director's Message. In the message, he highlights Hispanic/Latin/a/o/X scientists who have been supported through NINDS research training and career development programs, discusses efforts to ensure a vibrant, talented and diverse…
2021-10-08 – Nobel Laureate Dr. Gregg Semenza to Speak during ANA2021 Leaders in the Field Explore Hypoxic/Anoxic Injury in the CNS and Novel Therapies Date/Time: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Chair: Jennifer Frontera, MD, FANA, New York University Co-Chair: Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD,…
2021-10-08 – Presidential Symposium: COVID-19 Pandemic: Population Impact and Responses, and Neurological Complications Date/Time: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Chair: Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH, FANA, FAAN, NAM, Johns Hopkins University Co-Chair: Kiran Thakur, MD, Columbia…
2021-10-06 – NINDS Director Walter J. Koroshetz, MD recently shared a new Director's Message. In the message, he describes NINDS participation in the Accelerating Leading-edge Science in ALS (ALS2) initiative, a partnership between the NIH Common Fund and four NIH Institutes: the National Institute on Aging (…
2021-09-27 – In this month’s ANA Q&A, we spoke with Tania Torbati, BSc, a student at Western University of Health Science in the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and a Neurology & Neurosurgery Research Intern at Cedars-Sinai. Torbati talked about her work on early diagnosis and immune-…
2021-09-17 – 146th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association to Focus on Research and Development of Neurologic Disease Therapeutics World’s Leading Academic Neurologists and Neuroscientists to Present at ANA2021 This year’s Virtual Annual Meeting, ANA2021 will welcome more than 1,000…
2021-09-16 – The American Neurological Association (ANA) is teaming up with the American Brain Coalition (ABC) to host virtual Capitol Hill Days on Wednesday, November 17 and Thursday, November 18, 2021. These Hill Days are an opportunity for the brain community’s voice to be heard on Capitol Hill among Members…
2021-09-15 – The American Brain Foundation is currently offering 17 Next Generation Research Grants for early career clinician scientists, and one $60k seed grant to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in autism research, open to any career stage. The deadline for all of these grants is October 1, 2021…