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WALK Tip of the Month
From the Chairman
Research Awards
Scholarships Available
Resident's Prize
From the CEO
Upcoming HA Events 
WALK Tip of the Month

 

HA's Director of Special Events Randi Corey gives tips on how to organize your WALK Event.

This Month:
 
January 2011

Dear HA Member,

Welcome to 2011 and the first edition of Pathways for the New Year. Owing to circumstances, this edition will be brief.  Next month we will be back to our regular format with all the regular features you've come to expect.

January's Pathways focuses on research.  Read below as we announce our latest round of MYI recipients and the winner of the 2010 Resident's Prize.  We also announce the availability of applications for our 2011 Education Scholarships and include messages from our Chairman of the Board and CEO to you.
 
As always, we are excited to tackle the New Year.  Planning for our next conference is underway, our website is getting better and better at providing more information to more people, research is moving forward and the upcoming WALK season looks to be bigger and better than ever.  

Thank you for being a member of our inspiring community.

With warm regards,
 
The team at the Hydrocephalus Association

 
Letter from the Chairman

 

2010 was a great year and we accomplished a LOT.  We had a great conference, launched a new website as well as our Hydrocephalus Resource Library, ran a very successful set of WALKs and other events and funded two new young investigators in addition to re-funding last year's five investigators to name just a few of those accomplishments.


With Rick back at the helm, I feel confident that 2011 will be even more gratifying and productive.  We are on the verge of releasing a three year plan for our strategic research priorities, we will run an HA sponsored research conference, we will begin asking for major gifts from our constituents, our WALK program will expand and our support and outreach efforts will touch more people than any prior year.  Our support group efforts and Teens Take Charge will help us reach new heights in outreach and advocacy.  And given that we received a large grant for research in December, we know that we will run yet another exciting research grant program this year.   

 

Put simply, we have a lot of momentum going into 2011. 

 

Paul Gross
Chairman of the Board
 

Hydrocephalus in the News

Hydrocephalus Association Announces Latest Round of Research Funding 

 

In early 2009, the Hydrocephalus Association launched its Research Initiative.  In an effort to increase the pool of scientists devoted to hydrocephalus research we provided direct funding to five young researchers, called Mentored Young Investigators (MYI's). In December of 2010 we funded two additional Mentored Young Investigators.

We are proud to introduce: 

Jay Riva-Cambrin, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon of the University of Utah and Primary Children's Medical Center.

Sonia Podvin, PhD of UCSD, who has been awarded the Kate Finlayson Memorial Research Grant.

 

For more details on their projects, please click here to read the complete article. 

 

Scholarship Applications Available

 

The HA is pleased to announce that our 2011 scholarship applications are now available.  If you or somebody you know has hydrocephalus and are seeking higher education you should definitely come read all about it.

 

Research Update
Ramin Eskandari
Dr. Eskandari

Announcing 2010 Resident's Prize Awardee: Ramin Eskandari, MD  


Since 1989, the Hydrocephalus Association has awarded a Resident's Prize to the most promising hydrocephalus-related research paper presented by a neurosurgical resident at the Annual Pediatric Section meeting of the AANS/CNS.

This was an early effort by the HA to positively effect the largely barren landscape of hydrocephalus research.  The winner is selected every year by a panel of neurological experts.

The Resident's Prize awardee for 2010 is Dr. Ramin Eskandari of the University of Utah and his paper: 'Effects of Early and Late Reservoir Treatment in Experimental Neonatal Hydrocephalus'.

From the Acting CEO

2011 - a new year and another full agenda for the Hydrocephalus Association!  After a brief hiatus from the Association (May - November), I have rejoined the HA team and am looking forward to working with the board and staff as we push forward to:  

Rick Smith

Rick Smith,

Acting CEO

Each year, as more and more people join the Association, we become a stronger organization with increased capacity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals and families facing the challenges of hydrocephalus. 

 

I look forward to working with the very dedicated hydrocephalus community as we seek real advances in treatment and move towards an eventual cure for hydrocephalus.  Thanks again for your support of our work. 

 

Rick 

 

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