October 2014
This year, more than 830 of your colleagues from across the United States and the world convened in Baltimore October 12-14th at ANA’s Annual Meeting ANA2014.
Thank you to those of you who joined us at this wonderful Annual Meeting, which provided the most timely and transformational advances in all areas of neurological research. The program encompassed more than 200 presenters and 17 Special Interest Groups. Highlights of the meeting included 4 symposia: the keynote presentation “Diseases of the Synapse” delivered by the 2013 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Thomas Südhof, M.D., the Avram Goldstein Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; a symposium on pain “Novel Concepts in Pain Generation and Treatment”; a third symposium “BRAIN and Connectome: Initiatives Shaping the Future of Clinical Neuroscience”; and the Presidential Symposium, “The Expanding Roles of Repeat Mutations in ALS and Related Diseases,” which provided an update on the molecular pathology of intronic expansions in neurodegeneration, encompassing innovative recent findings in ALS, frontotemporal dementia and related disorders. Abstracts of 2014 annual meeting may be found on line at XXXX.
The annual meeting played host to our colleagues from the Mexican Academy of Neurology who also took time to share their knowledge and success through special poster displays. Each year this event offers outstanding sessions and opportunities to gather and network with colleagues from across the globe. As such, I look forward to seeing you at next year’s meeting in Chicago, September 27-29, 2015.
I am pleased to announce the launch of ANA's new web site - www.myana.org – which aligns with the ANA’s strategic goal of better leveraging technology to support our mission and programs.
The new web site has a user-friendly design and is optimized for mobile use to ensure easy access on smartphones and tablets. It also offers an enhanced member database, enabling you to quickly locate and connect with colleagues. The site is better integrated with Annals and ACTN with single sign on so you only need to log in once to access the journals online. The new Academic Neurology Career Center on myana.org provides resources for both job seekers and organizations looking to hire. Finally, an improved Mentor program is now integrated into the member database, facilitating connections between mentors and mentees.
I would like to recognize the Technology and Communications committee, led by Craig Blackstone, for their work and thoughtful consideration in ensuring this new web site provides a positive user experience and delivers the information you need. I hope you enjoy the site and find it a useful resource, as benefit of your membership in the ANA.
Sincerely,
Robert H. Brown, Jr., D.Phil., M.D.
University of Massachusetts
President, American Neurological Association