ANA News
2019-04-16 – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and the directors of NIAID, NCI, NIGMS, NIDDK, NIA, and NIDA April 11 testified on the fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget proposal before the Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee. Read testimony here: NIH Director Testifies…
2019-04-15 – A neurologist explains the reality behind a classic soap opera twist: amnesia. Read more here: Would Zapping Away a Foe’s Memory Like in Jane the VirginReally Work?
2019-04-12 – Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG…
2019-04-12 – The goal of this study was to refine our understanding of disease risk attributable to common genetic variation in SNCA, a major locus in Parkinson disease, with potential implications for clinical trials targeting α‐synuclein. We aimed to dissect the multiple independent association signals,…
2019-03-28 – The White House March 18 released more details of its FY 2020 budget proposal. The Major Savings and Reforms document calls for, as in previous years, reducing the salary cap on NIH grants from $189,600 (executive level II) to $154,300 (executive level V). In the accompanying congressional…
2019-03-28 – NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD is currently scheduled to testify on the FY 2020 budget request before the Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on April 2 in the House and April 11 in the Senate.
2019-03-22 – By Denise Portner Lisa Katharina’s vibrant watercolors, still lives, and abstracts in shades of purple, pink, chartreuse, blue and yellow offer no hint of her daily struggles with the traumatic brain injury (TBI) she suffered in September 2014. The whimsical patterns and life-affirming energy give…
2019-03-22 – In observance of Brain Injury Awareness Month, the American Neurological Association (ANA) reached out to three of its members working in the discipline of traumatic brain injury to inquire about the standard of treatment, myths surrounding the condition, and research in progress. Their responses…
2019-03-19 – The NIH is hosting the Spring 2019 NIH Regional Seminar on Program funding and Grants Administration in Baltimore, MD, from Wed. May 15- Fri. May 17. Visit the website to learn more about the program and to register.
2019-03-19 – We’re excited to announce that ANA President Dr. David Holtzman will be the 2019 AINA Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker! Dr. Holtzman’s talk will focus on #Dementia and #Alzheimers Disease: An update on how we practically approach the disease and what will change dramatically in the next 5-20 years.…