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March 1, 2022
Brain Awareness Week 2022
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
4:00-5:00pm PST
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.
November 4, 2021
RO1 for Jessica Young, Sumie Jayadev, and Christine Disteche
ISCRM faculty members Jessica Young, Sumie Jayadev, and Christine Disteche have 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…
October 15, 2021
Join INPCS for our Inaugural Annual Meeting this November!
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…
October 13, 2021
Patient of Dr. Wundes at UW Multiple Sclerosis Center was featured on the Today Show, detailing her stem cell transplantation
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:
October 8, 2021
Congratulations to Catherine Amlie-Lefond, M.D. for receiving the 2022 Sidney Carter Award in Child Neurology
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.
October 4, 2021
Congratulations to Sidney M. Gospe Jr. MD, PhD for his 2021 Roger and Mary Brumback Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award
September 1, 2021
Child Neurology Residency Ranked Highly
Doximity just released its rankings of Child Neurology residency programs and the University of Washington is ranked #9 among pediatric hospitals.
June 25, 2021
8th Annual Trainee Research Poster Symposium Winners
The 8th Annual Trainee Research Poster symposium was another great success and exhibition of the important work our trainees are producing. All the participants did a wonderful job presenting the work they are contributing to our field. Four candidates stood out among their peers. On behalf of our esteemed Dr. Leslie-Mawzi, Dr. Patel, Dr. Chamberlain,…
June 1, 2021
Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Innovation Grant
Congratulations to John Oakley, MD, Phd, Michael Persenaire, MD, Juliane Gust, MD, PhD and Thomas Grabowski, MD for receiving the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Innovation Grant.
May 27, 2021
Top Docs 2021 – Pediatric Neurology
Seattle magazine has published its list of “Top Docs” for Child Neurology. UW faculty have snared all but one of these peer-endorsed recommendations. Please join me in congratulating the following winners, some for multiple years!
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