Knowing the signs and symptoms of stroke and acting FAST is crucial when it comes to stroke care. Our EMS partners are the first responders to the community play an key part in this care. UW Medicine Stroke Team members Dr. David Tirschwell, Kelsey Hagstrand, ARNP and Kelly Bender Outreach Liaison met with Seattle Fire Station 28 EMS teams to build on that prehospital to hospital optimal stroke care partnership. UW Medicine provides emergency stroke care at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Centers.
The UW Regional Epilepsy Center has been re-credentialed by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers as a NAEC Level 4 Center for 2022 and 2023. This is their highest-level designation and certifies that our Center is capable of handling the most complicated surgical epilepsy cases.
Alzheimer’s disease is a common form of dementia that leads to devastating cognitive and neurological deficits. However, despite affecting an estimated 6.2 million adults in the US alone in 2021, its causes are poorly understood and no effective treatments exist to halt or reverse the neuron death caused by the disease. How the disease starts — and what happens in single cells across the brain as the disease progresses — is similarly unknown. Research at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and elsewhere on the types of cells that make up the human brain has applications for understanding what is happening in Alzheimer’s.
ISCRM faculty members Jessica Young, Sumie Jayadev, and Christine Distechehave received a five-year, $6 million R01 grant to study the mechanisms of sex differences in risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers will use unique hiPSC lines generated by the Disteche lab that have different numbers of sex chromosomes and generate matched APOE4 or APOE3 (a non-risk version of the gene) using CRISPR. Neural differentiation protocols generated in the Young lab will be used to derive neurons, glia, and brain organoids for single cell gene expression and functional analyses. The Jayadev lab will take the lead on performing single-nucleus RNA sequencing and immune cell phenotyping in male and female brains with APOE4 and APOE3 genotypes to define the molecular pathways that contribute to sex differences in AD. Co-investigators on the project include C. Dirk Keene, ISCRM affiliate and leader of the UW Neuropathology Core, and Joel Berletch, ISCRM investigator and Research Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
This year’s virtual conference, to be held November 4th – 6th, 2021, will focus on the theme of Taking Flight, celebrating the new society and highlighting the promise of this emerging field. We have an international and all-star lineup of speakers! Receive up to 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. There is NO Fee to attend.
The conference will offer attendees the ability to learn from experts in the world of neuropalliative care, hear updates in practice patterns, review the state of the science in neuropalliative care, and network with others who are interested in the field.
Invite your colleagues and friends to attend! Everyone involved with or affected by neurologic illness is welcome at the INPCS Annual Meeting. Please share the news with your connections about this free and virtual meeting. Support INPCS! Although the meeting is free to attend it was not free to put together. Consider making a donation to the Society. No matter the amount, your donation makes a difference, will be used to further our mission (including future meetings) and is tax deductible.
INPCS is also seeking Annual Meeting and Year-Round sponsors. If you have connections with potential sponsors (e.g. pharmaceuticals, disease foundations, philanthropic foundations), please let them know about this opportunity to support a great cause and connect to an amazing community (see prospectus below). If you have potential interest or questions please email Candace at info@inpcs.org
Can’t attend the meeting live? All topics will be recorded and available to view on our website at your leisure. For additional information about the meeting or supporting the Society, please go to: http://www.inpcs.org/2021AnnualMeeting
Watch the video by following the link below:https://www.today.com/video/transplant-recipient-meets-her-donor-for-1st-time-live-on-today-120034885810 For more information about Annette Wundes, MD, read her UW Medicine Biography:
The Carter Award, one of the AAN’s premier lectures, is given annually to an exceptional child neurologist. The Carter Lecture is scheduled for presentation at the AAN Annual Meeting during the Presidential Plenary Session on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA.
