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Global Stuff You Should Know
Sex and Stroke in Lusaka: Modifiable Risk Factors and Care Patterns?
March 20, 2023Women may, in the words of Chairman Mao Zedong, hold up half the sky, but globally they experience marked disparities in health, including brain health.
Biological sex and/or socially constructed gender influence risk, course, or presentation of most neuropsychiatric diseases – but in the context of global neurology, these differences have to date been mostly and best evaluated for stroke.1 The current study by Nutakki et al.2 adds both to this stroke literature and to the expanding canon of neurologic research performed at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Read More
By Riley Bove, MD
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On the Road
A Zambian Neurologist in the Windy City at the 2022 ANA Annual Meeting
By Melody T. Asukile, BSc.HB, MB.CHB, MMED, FC Neurol | March 8, 2023In October 2022, I attended the 147th American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was my first time attending an ANA meeting and also my first time “coming” to America.
The meeting was quite different from most neurologic congresses I have attended in that it lived up to its name of being an academic neurology meeting, with a focus on basic science research and professional and academic development. I appreciated the many professional development sessions that focused on neurology trainees and offered guidance on careers in neurology and provided a platform for trainees to mingle with established academic neurologists....
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Monthly Global Neurology Webinar
Please join us for our Global Neurology Monthly Webinar Series on Tuesday, April 11, at 12:00PM EDT.
We will have a presentation by Dr. Tissa Wijeratne on the Asian Regional Consortium of Headaches: The history, present, and future, and a research work-in-progress presentation by Dr. Idha Sood on QEEG as a prognostic indicator in stroke.
We are still looking for volunteers to present at upcoming webinars. Please sign up below.Johns Hopkins Global Neurology Fellowship!
The Johns Hopkins Global Neurology Fellowship is a one-year program designed to give fellows first-hand experience in (1) caring for patients with neurologic disorders in a resource-limited setting; (2) developing clinical neurology training for medical students, internal medicine residents, and neurology residents in a resource-limited setting; and (3) completing clinical and/or epidemiologic research relevant to a resource-limited setting. Fellows will spend one year in Lusaka, Zambia, at the University of Zambia School of Medicine and the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) working in conjunction with Dr. Deanna Saylor. At the end of this one-year program, fellows will have obtained clinical, education, and research exposure in a resource-limited setting as well as significant experience in developing and working within cross-cultural teams. Please contact Dr. Saylor for more details. deanna@jhmi.edu
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Resources
Brain Health – World Health Organization
Brain Disorders Across the Lifespan
Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
International Brain Research Organization
International League Against Epilepsy
International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society
International Society for the Study of Pain
Neurocritical Care Society - Global Partners
NIH Fogarty International Center: Global Brain Disorders Research
triMS.online – Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Online
World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies
- Neurology PodcastIn this episode, dedicated to the memory of the 35th president of the AAN, Dr. Ralph Sacco, Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Mitch Elkind and Dr. Orly Avitzur, as they talk about the life, legacy, and incredible achievements of Ralph. March 23, 2023Neurology, Journal, Podcast