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2013 Child Neurology Society Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship Award To apply: https://cns.nonprofitcms.org/awards/Solicitations/8/Submissions/Create The Child Neurology Society is now accepting applications for the 2013 Bernard D'Souza International Fellowship Award, which will sponsor a child neurologist from a developing country's attendance at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the CNS to be held in Austin, TX (Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2013). This will be preceded or followed by a visit to a selected training program in North America. The purpose of the award is to promote child neurology in developing countries. Expenses covered: 1) Meeting registration fee...
The 13th International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from 4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. The congress will be held jointly with the 9th Brazilian Congress of Child Neurology. As in the past congresses, the Scientific Program will be of the highest caliber, emphasizing not only the latest developments and advances in child neurology, but also a review of current standard...
John Stobo Prichard Award The ICNA is now accepting applications for the John Stobo Prichard Award lecture. The lecture will be awarded to a young child neurologist who has made a significant contribution to clinical and/or basic research. The Nominating Committee consists of eighteen ICNA members representing the six geographic regions of the ICNA. 1. The candidate should be nominated by three members of the ICNA. 2. The candidate should be 45 years old or younger at the time of the ICNA congress in Iguazu, Brazil May 04-09 2014. 3....
This is an invitation to submit an application to this program from the North American Commission of the ILAE. The program seeks to promote and improve the care of persons in Africa living with epilepsy, through education, advocacy and research. It aims specifically to support and expand exchange programs between members of the North American Commission and African chapters of the ILAE, in order to significantly impact epilepsy care in that region. Based on our experience with the Latin American and Caribbean partnerships, the ILAE is confident that NAC members can significantly contribute to this mission. ...
Researchers from the Florey Neuroscience Institute in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia along with an international team of colleagues have published their discovery of the focal epilepsy gene in 31 March online issue of Nature Genetics1. The majority of epilepsies are focal in origin, with seizures emanating from one brain region. Although focal epilepsies often arise from structural brain lesions, many affected individuals have normal brain imaging. The etiology is unknown in the majority of individuals, although genetic factors are increasingly recognized. Autosomal dominant familial focal epilepsy with variable foci (FFEVF) is notable...
Symposia Proposal Chair Country Focal Epilepsies- Advances in Genetics Ingrid Scheffer Australia Genetics in Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Kim Heung Dong South Korea The Clinical Context of Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Hila Ben-Pazi Israel Inherited Leukoencephalopathies Deborah Renaud USA Pediatric Demyelinating Disorders and MS Evangeline Wasssmer UK Cerebral Palsy Pratibha Singhi India...
The ICNC2014 Scientific Program Committee is delighted to announce the Plenary Speakers for the ICNC2014 to held at Iguazu Falls, Brasil from May 4-9, 2014. All world leaders in their field and engaging speakers, the plenary lecturers will be addressing a range of emerging and cross-cutting topics in pediatric neurology. The list and titles of plenary talks are as follows: Prof. Arnold Munnich (France) Dealing with the coming tsunami of whole genome sequencing Professor Naila Zaman Khan (Bangladesh) Lessening the burden of neurological disorders...
Admissions are now open for the MSc Course in Epilepsy at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. This is a multidisciplinary programme covering topics related to all aspects of human epilepsy, from underlying neurobiological mechanisms to clinical aspects and psycho-social consequences. The course includes core modules and a research project in addition to practical clinical experience. This year a textbook is also introduced that follows the course syllabus which will be an invaluable aid to the students, in addition to constituting excellent didactic stand-alone learning material. The textbook is called “Introduction to Epilepsy, and is published...
The 13th. International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from 4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. In the last 20 years Child Neurology has progressed enormously as a pediatric specialty not only in Brazil but in South America as a whole. Several national societies have been created which perform regularly very active local meetings. In Brazil, the SBNI (Brazilian Society of Infantile...
The 13th. International Child Neurology Congress will be held in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguazú River Mouth), Brazil, from 4 to 9 May 2014. This is the second time that an ICNC is held in Latin America the first one being in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1992. In the last 20 years Child Neurology has progressed enormously as a pediatric specialty not only in Brazil but in South America as a whole. Several national societies have been created which perform regularly very active local meetings. In Brazil, the SBNI (Brazilian Society of Infantile...