News
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March 26, 2010
Applications for the Pfizer Neuroscience Research Grants close on April 14. The grants give medical graduates an opportunity to obtain research funding of up to $55,000. For more information including application guidelines and eligibility criteria, visit the Pfizer Neuroscience Research Grants website.
December 16, 2009
Congratulations to Dr Mel Michel Villaluz from the Philippines who has been awarded the 2010 ESA Janssen-Cilag Asian-Oceanian Epilepsy Scholarship. Dr Villaluz will be spending 12 months with Prof Ingrid Scheffer and her team at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, to learn clinical, EEG, imaging, genetics and treatment aspects of paediatric epilepsy.
November 11, 2009
The finalised program for the Australian Pregnancy Register's 10th Anniversary research symposium, to be held on November 20, is now available for download here [PDF 19KB]. Please email your RSVPs to Janet Graham by November 13.
November 6, 2009
Congratulations to the prize winners at the ESA Annual Scientific Meeting:
Best Platform
Damian Clark, Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane
A study of Epilepsy Related Deaths in the Queensland Population
Best Poster
Sarah Seth, Texas Tech University HSC, Amarillo, USA;
Karin Borges, The University of Queensland
Anti-epileptic Effects of Tripetanoin in Two Chronic Mouse Epilepsy Models
ESA Scientific Merit Awards
Patrick Carney, Brain Research Institute, Florey Neurosciences Institutes, VIC
Samuel Lieblich, Royal Perth Hospital, WA
Jessica Purnama, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, VIC
Karl Martin Klein, Epilepsy Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, VIC
October 30, 2009
The ESA congratulates The George Institute and Epilepsy Action Australia on their success in the recent round of NHMRC Partnership Grants to obtain funding for their SEISMIC study of epilepsy incidence and impact in Sydney. You can download the media release here [PDF 320KB].
October 30, 2009
Applications are now open for the
First international training course in Stereo-ElectroEncephaloGraphy (SEEG) to be held in Lyon, France, February 9-19, 2010. Please download the course program [PDF 581KB] and registration form [PDF 20KB] for more information.
October 28, 2009
A draft program for the Australian Pregnancy Register's 10th Anniversary research symposium, to be held on November 20, is now available for download here [PDF 19KB].
September 30, 2009
The Australian Pregnancy Register invites you to celebrate their 10th Anniversary on November 20. Please download the invitation [PDF 18KB] for details on the lunch and research symposium.
September 16, 2009
The conveners of the Parliamentary Friends of Epilepsy have announced an inquiry into the impact of Epilepsy in Australia, so that Senators and Members of Parliament can develop an understanding of the disorder and develop strategies to work with people and organisations to assist individuals and their families.
More information is available in the media release [PDF 39KB]. Please make any submissions directly to Jill Hall MP by October 2 (see details in media release).
September 10, 2009
Registrations are open for the Epilepsy: Top of Mind symposium to be held in Perth on 1 November 2009. The symposium is a joint collaboration between Epilepsy Action Australia and Epilepsy Association of Western Australia and held in conjunction with the Joint Epilepsy Council of Australia.
The symposium offers access to current information on new medications, current and future treatment options, sleep, intractable epilepsies, equality in the workplace and more. The format for the day will be a morning and afternoon plenary session as well as specialised streams for parents, adults living with epilepsy, and families affected by tuberous sclerosis complex with help from the Australasian Tuberous Sclerosis Society.
For program and other details, visit the symposium website.
September 10, 2009
Registrations are open for the ANZAN EEG course in Perth on October 31 and November 1. Visit the course website for more information.
September 2, 2009
The ILAE seeks comments from chapters on the proposed revision of the system for classification and terminology of seizures and epilepsies. You can downlad the explanatory letter from the ILAE here [PDF 14KB], and a copy of the Commission report here [PDF 89KB]. Please send comments to the ESA secretariat and these will be collated and forwarded to the ILAE.
August 31, 2009
The ESA is pleased to confirm that Janssen-Cilag will again sponsor the Asian-Oceanian Fellowship in Clinical Epileptology in 2010. The Fellowship provides a $50,000 stipend for the successful applicant from Asia or Oceania who wishes to train in epilepsy for 12 months at a centre in Australia. Application details, including the requirements for English proficiency and medical competency, at on the ESA website under Scholarships & Awards > Janssen-Cilag Asian-Oceanian Fellowship. ESA members who receive enquiries from Asian physicians about epilepsy training in Australia, particularly if they are from persons with whom there has been some personal contact, should direct the physician to consider applying for this Fellowship. The application deadline has been extended to October 16.
August 31, 2009
The ESA is pleased to announce that Dr Tyson Ware, a paediatric neurology trainee from Tasmania, is the recipient of the 2010 UCB-ESA Clinical Scholarship. Tyson will undertake a paediatric epilepsy fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, epilepsy being an important aspect of paediatric neurology training. Tyson ultimately plans to return to work in Hobart, as Tasmania’s first resident paediatric neurologist. Congratulations to Tyson and many thanks to UCB Pharma for their continued support of this valued training initiative.
August 26, 2009
Paediatric epileptologists will be interested to learn that Sabril has been approved by FDA to treat spasms in infants and epileptic seizures. For more information check out the FDA website.
August 21, 2009
A reminder that applications for the Molly McDonnell Foundation Scholarship,
a research scholarship of AUD $60,000 tenable at any Australian teaching hospital or University, closes on Monday August 31. For more information and application instructions, go to Scholarships & Awards > Molly McDonnell Foundation Scholarship.