2024 December NeuroTransmitter
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Message from John England, MD, AUPN President
The leadership and staff at the AUPN would like to wish all of you a Happy Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year! And, thanks to all members who have made 2024 a very good year for the AUPN. We look forward to seeing all of you in 2025.
A few other notices are highlighted below.
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New Chair of Neurology
Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, an internationally known Parkinson’s Disease expert, has been appointed the Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Huang was previously on the faculty at the Penn State College of Medicine where she served as Associate Dean for physician scientist development and Chief of the Division of Movement Disorders. She has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2003. Please congratulate Dr. Huang on her new appointment!
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Leadership Minute
This month’s Leadership Minute is entitled, “What is Brain Health & Why You Should Care About It!”. The Moderator is Dr. Shreyas Gangadhara from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Speaker is Dr. Mitchell Elkind, the Chief Medical Officer at the American Heart Association. Dr. Elkind will discuss “Brain Health”. He explains that nearly 50% of brain disease is preventable and that it can be improved through healthy diet, exercise and control of blood pressure, among other measures. The American Heart Association now provides research opportunities to study brain health and its relationship to cardiovascular diseases.
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2025 NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course: Call for Applications! Due January 21, 2025.
The NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course (CTMC) is pleased to announce the 2025 call for applications. The goal of this course is to train early career investigators to develop scientifically rigorous, feasible, and ethically designed clinical trials. The application deadline is January 21, 2025, at 11:59pm PST.
Information about the course and application process can be found here.
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**Chairs Reminder** - Please pay your annual dues for 2025!
Your annual dues are the main source of revenue for AUPN. You or your Business Manager can do this quickly via our website at https://www.aupn.org. If you need assistance, please contact neuro@aupn.org.
Thank you in advance for your continued support of AUPN!
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Best regards,
John D. England, MD
AUPN President
AUPN encourages you to forward this newsletter to other faculty in your department, or anyone else who might benefit from our programs.
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Open Neurology Leadership Positions
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