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World Federation Grants-in-Aid 2013

The WFN will award grants for specific educational or applied research projects in neurology and the applied neurosciences as part of its activities as a registered charitable organization and its mission to "foster quality neurology and brain health worldwide."

From the Field

WFN, TNS Team to Present Turkish Initiative

The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the Turkish Neurological Society (TNS) are delighted to be partnering for another year to present the Turkish Initiative. (more…)

JNS Articles / Abstracts

JNS Shows Growth, Improved Reach

The Journal of the Neurological Sciences enjoyed another year of growth with a 6 percent increase in submissions in 2012. During the last 15 years, the journal has shown enormous growth and improved impact throughout the medical world. The impact factor rose from 1.398 in 1998 to 2.353 in 2011. Submissions rose to 1,459 in [...]

Late-Breaking News

Annual General Meeting of the Council of Delegates

The Annual General Meeting of the Council of Delegates will be held Sept. 22 during the World Congress of Neurology in Vienna. (more…)

From the Field

Gerrit Grijns in Java: Beriberi and the Concept of ‘Partial Starvation’

At the end of the 19th century, Dutch physician Gerrit Grijns (1865-1944) from the University of Utrecht, working in Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), developed a dietary deficiency explanation of the nutritional neuropathy beriberi that presaged the "vitamin doctrine." Although Grijn's work was overshadowed by that of Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930), his predecessor, [...]

In Memorium

Professor Mario Tolentino Dipp 1928-2012

Unquestionably, the father of Dominican neurology. Honest, studious in the extreme, a teacher by vocation, untiring worker, dedicated to his patients and his pupils. He gave of himself everything that can be expected from a great teacher and a great man. (more…)

From the WFN

WFN Launches Coma and Disorders of Consciousness Research Group

The trustees of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) recently approved a newly created Applied Research Group on Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, chaired by Steven Laureys. (more…)

From the WFN

World Congress of Neurology Update

WFN takes stock and makes preparations during the years in between World Congresses. The WFN was successful with its Marrakesh Congress, thanks to our Moroccan organizers. The "With Africa, For Africa" slogan worked extremely well.  The attendance of 3,217 delegates from 125 countries exceeded expectations, and the scientific material presented was of a high standard. [...]

From the WFN

Education Committee Standard Operating Procedures

The following documents produced by the Education Committee are under constant review to best represent the needs of the WFN and its member countries. (more…)

From the WFN

The Education Committee of the WFN

More than 50 years ago, the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) was established to facilitate dialogue in neuroscience research. With the advent of enhanced travel, communication and, in particular, the Internet, neuroscience research has come to exist independently on the world stage and is self-sustaining. Neurology education, on the other hand, though to some extent [...]

Late-Breaking News

WFN Council of Delegates 2012

The annual general meeting of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Council of Delegates was held Sept. 9, 2012, in Stockholm, during the 16th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS). (more…)

From the WFN

From the President: Fulfilling Our Mission

Our mission is "to foster quality  neurology and brain health  worldwide." That is a broad and challenging mandate. We are addressing it by involving individuals, organizations and alliances. The individual initiatives come through the Grants-in-Aid competition, open to all members of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and its member societies. The organizational approach is [...]

Calendar

Mark Your Calendar

2013 Recent Clinical and Research Advances in Childhood Epilepsy May 16, 2013 London (more…)

Editor-in-Chief's Column

Advances for World Neurology

It is both an honor and a challenge to assume the editorial responsibility for World Neurology as it is transformed into a truly contemporary publication, available exclusively online. Since 1984, my distinguished predecessors, Jagjit Chopra, Mark Hallett and Johan Aarli, worked hard and effectively to refine the attractive print version that to many has become [...]

Late-Breaking News

WFN Elections 2013: Nominating Committee Recommendations

Three officers and one trustee are to be elected at the Council of Delegates Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September during the World Congress of Neurology in Vienna.  The nominating committee of the World Federation of Neurology now recommends to the membership those listed here as candidates in accordance with the Federation's Memorandum and Articles [...]

From the WFN

World Neurology Goes Digital, Silberberg Named Editor

World Neurology is pleased to welcome Dr. Donald H. Silberberg as the incoming editor for 2013. Thanks to efforts of distinguished past editors, particularly the last three — Jagjit S. Chopra, Mark Hallet and Johan Aarli — the publication is geared to deliver digitally with additional helpful features. We are grateful to the Publications Committee [...]