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First steps for Cuba and Spain - MSIF Twinning Programme
Pedro Carrascal, MSIF Board member and CEO of the Spanish Federación Española para la lucha contra la Esclerosis Múltiple (FELEM), Margarita Ruiz and María Elena Moscoso, President and CEO of Esclerosis Múltiple (EM) Cuba, and Zoe Burr, MSIF International Development Manager, met during the recent MSIF meetings in Chicago to initiate a period of collaboration between FELEM and EM Cuba.
Autumn 2009 MSIF Meetings update
50 delegates attended MSIF’s biannual Board and Committee Meetings in Chicago, USA, from 31 October to 3 November 2009.
Spasticity edition of MS in focus now in French
Issue 12 is now available to download free from our website in French.
MSIF and the MS Society of Canada, Calgary and Area Chapter, receive Friends of Canada Awards on 21 October 2009
MSIF and the MS Society of Canada, Calgary and Area Chapter, received Friends of Canada Awards, at simultaneous ceremonies in the UK and Canada, linked by telecast, on 21 October 2009.
MS in focus issue 14 on disease courses of MS now available in online version
You can now read issue 14 of MS in focus on disease courses of MS on the MSIF website, in addition to the PDF version.
Autumn 2009 Du Pré Grant winners announced
The aim of MSIF’s biannual Du Pré Grants is to encourage cross-fertilisation of skills through collaborative research projects. The Autumn 2009 Du Pré Grants have been awarded to Nielsen Lagumersindez Denis (Cuba), Lucas Schirmer (Germany), Lekha Pandit (India), Moones Heidari (Iran), Shiva Khezri (Iran), Chiara Maiorino (Italy), Lucia Lisi (Italy) and Tamara Castillo (Spain).
2009 McDonald Fellowship awarded to Klintsy Torres-Hernandez, Mexico
MSIF’s McDonald Fellowship is an annual award made to young researchers from emerging countries. The 2009 McDonald Fellowship has been awarded to Klintsy Torres-Hernandez from Mexico, to enable her to carry out a two year research project at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany.
MSIF visits the All-Russian MS Society
In early September, Zoe Burr, MSIF International Development Manager, spent a week visiting the All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled People with Multiple Sclerosis (All-Russian MS Society). The visit formed part of MSIF's Associate Membership application process.
ECTRIMS 2009
The 25th congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ECTRIMS), the world's largest annual international medical conference dedicated to MS research, attracted 5000 participants from 86 countries, from 9-12 September 2009, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Last chance to have your say on complementary and alternative therapies
You have until 12 October 2009 to inform the next issue of MS in focus, on complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) and MS, by taking part in our survey.
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