ANA News
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…
2021-08-24 – In this month’s ANA Q&A, the American Neurological Association (ANA) spoke with Eric Landsness, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology at the Washington University Physicians. Dr. Landsness discusses the connection between sleep and stroke, the research he and his lab are partaking in, and…
2021-08-09 – The United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) will be offering accreditation for Interventional Neurology fellowship training programs. The proposed program requirements are now open for a comment period. Program Requirements are the minimum standards with which programs must demonstrate…
2021-07-23 – American Neurological Association Announces Winners of 2021 Awards for Outstanding Accomplishments in Academic Neurology and Neuroscience MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, July 23, 2021 — The American Neurological Association (ANA), the professional organization representing the world’s top academic neurologists…
2021-07-20 – The theme of the Southern Pain Society's 35th Annual Meeting is Pain Management: The Times They Are A-Changing. The meeting will be held September 10-12, 2021 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans. VIEW BROCHURE The Society welcomes abstracts on patient evaluation, risk stratification,…
2021-07-14 – Recently, the FDA made a historic decision to approve the anti-amyloid antibody, ADUHELM (aducanumab), for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease using the Accelerated Approval pathway. The FDA approves a drug under this pathway for a serious or life-threatening illness that may provide meaningful…