We congratulate the following winners of the EFNS 2009 Congress!
Uschi Tschabitscher Prize for Young Neurologists
Basic field:
Roman Schniepp, Munich, Germany
Clinical field:
David Bradley, Dublin, Ireland
EFNS Investigator Awards 2009
Alexandra Araujo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Quality of life and motor ability in spinal muscular atrophy awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on ALS
Sylvia Van Barneveld, Enschede, The Netherlands: Evaluation of the “finger wrinkling test” awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on ANS
Rik Vandenberghe, Leuven, Belgium: In-vivo exclusion of Alzheimer’s disease as a cause of primary progressive aphasia awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Dementia and Cognitive Neurology
Anika Stroebele, Erlangen, Germany: Theory of mind in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Epilepsy
Peter Lackner, Innsbruck, Austria: IgG-index predicts neurological morbidity in patients with infectious and neoplastic central nervous system diseases awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Infectious diseases
Maja Kojovic, London, UK: The syndrome of deafness-dystonia – a case series of 11 patients awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Movement disorders
Aslaug R. Lorentzen, Oslo, Norway: Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor ligand HLA-Bw4 protects against multiple sclerosis awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
Carlo Borsato, Padova, Italy: Physical activity as an adverse factor in the course of natural history in LGMD2B awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Muscle disorders
Ernestina Santos, Porto, Portugal: Late-onset vanishing white matter disease awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Genetics and metabolic disorders
Stefan Sivak, Martin, Slovakia: Clinical correlation of traumatic MRI findings in patients with mild traumatic brain injury awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuroimaging and –sonology
Kerri Prain, Brisbane, Australia: Atypical NMO-IgG-like in direct immunofluorescence patterns in acute systemic infections awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuroimmunology
Maria Grazia Passarin, Verona, Italy: Neoplastic meningitis: diagnosis, treatment and survival – a retrospective study in 30 patients awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuro-oncology
Eleftherios Papathanasiou, Nicosia, Cyprus: A new neurogenic vestibular evoked potential (N6) recorded with the use of air-conducted sound awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuro-ophthalmology/ -otology
Antonella Biasiotta, Rome, Italy: Laser evoked potentials as a tool for assessing the efficacy of antinocicptive drugs awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuropathic Pain
Gordana Zupan, Rijeka, Croatia: Effects of PPAR-γ agonist pioglitazone on the hippocampus in traumatic brain injured rats awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neurotraumatology
Stine Knudsen, Glostrup, Denmark: The association between hypocretin-1 deficiency, cataplexy, and REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) in narcolepsy awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Sleep disorders
Veronica Popescu, Lille, France: Influence of pre-existing cognitive decline on functional prognosis one year after a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Stroke
Shoji Yamamoto, Tsukuba, Japan: Analysis of the neurotoxic effect of nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust on a mouse brain awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Substance abuse and neurotoxicology
Teaching course evaluation winners
TC1: Elie Assaf, Lebanon
TC2: Ola Nordby, Norway
TC3: Ketevana Meshkova, Russia
TC4: Yasmin Handouk, Italy
TC5: Ildiko Szocs, Romania
TC6: Irina Levchenko, Ukraine
TC7: Sabrina Siliquini, Italy
TC8: Seher Yagibasan, Turkey
TC9: Ruta Plotniece, Latvia
TC10: Annelies van Dycke, Belgium
TC11: Sarka Oygarden, Norway
TC12: Susanne Polmann, The Netherlands
TC13: Nune Yeghiazaryan, Armenia
TC14: Magdalena Wojcik, Poland
TC15: Dragana Lavrnic, Serbia
TC16: Ismet Alan, Turkey
TC17: Ricardo Rangel-Guerra, Mexico
TC18: Jibril M. Yahaya, UK
TC19: Suzana Trajkoska, FYR Macedonia
TC20: Radwan Mousally, Syria
TC21: Petter M.Omland, Norway
TC22: Daniel Bartko, Slovak Republic