Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, September 14, 2024

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Students: Lake Florence | Residents: Lake Monroe B

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JEC
Orlando Ballrooms IV-VI
  • A Successful RNA-Targeted Therapy for ALS
  • C9orf72 ALS/FTD: Challenges and New Opportunities in Translational Research
  • Human Genetic Therapies for ALS: Current Status and Future Prospects
  • TDP43: A Focal Point for RNA Therapeutics in ALS/FTD

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Hosted by the Global Engagement Committee
Lake Concord

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Hosted by the ANA Junior and Early Career Membership Subcommittee - JEC
Orange Ballroom E
Sunday, September 15, 2024

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Lucerne
  • Incorporating Holistic Review in Residency Recruitment
  • Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neurology Residency Selection
  • Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neurology Residency Selection
PR
Lake Florence
  • Advocating for Yourself and Your Program
  • Challenges Facing Program Directors
  • Starting Out: Becoming an APD and Navigating Promotion
JEC
Lake Nona B
  • Empowering Progress: Advancing Science, Education, and Careers to Enhance Neurologic Health for All
  • Panel Discussion
  • Unlocking Opportunities: The Benefits of Junior and Early Career Membership in the American Neurological Association
Lake Nona A
  • Career Development Opportunities at the VA
  • View from NIA
  • View from NINDS
  • View from the DOD

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orlando Ballrooms IV - VI
  • Astrocytic Inflammation in the Post-Stroke Brain
  • Circadian Regulation of Glial Activation and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer Disease
  • Clues for Pharmacological Approaches for Targeting ADAM10 in Dementias Guided by Novel Neuropathological Endophenotyping (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • Compartmentalized Inflammation as a Target for Remyelination in MS
  • Estrogen-induced NFκB activation Mediates IL-1β production in Murine Optic Glioma (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • Targeting Microglia for Neurotherapies

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Nona B
  • ABPN: Update & Continuing Certification Overview
  • Neurology and Child Neurology Article-Based Continuing Certification
JEC
Lake Eola A
  • Emerging Therapies for Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders.
  • Potential for Treatment or Reversal of Mitochondrial Disorders
  • Precision Therapy for Pediatric Epileptic Encephalopathies; Targeting mTOR
JEC
Lake Mizell A
  • A Flashy Case
  • Alphabet Soup and Phenotype - How Do We Understand This?
  • What's Up with White Spots?
JEC
Lake Lucerne
  • Beyond Jeopardy: Game Design to Teach Neurology and Neuroscience
  • Diversity and Inclusion in Serious Games
  • This Lecture is Boring: An Intro to Game-Based Learning
Lake Nona A
  • ANA Global Neurology Initiative Update - Nigeria
  • ANA Global Neurology Initiative Update – Ghana
  • ANA Global Neurology Initiative Update – Uganda
  • Extending the Reach and Making a Footprint for Specialist Neurological Care for Underserved Populations in Southern Province, Zambia
Lake Concord
  • Disability and Neurotechnology
  • The Neuro Ethics of Deep Brain Stimulation
Lake Florence
  • Diverse Population Considerations for ALS Trials
  • Measuring Side Effect Burden in Neurology: Development and Application of the Adverse Event Unit (AEU)
  • Reducing Trial Non-Compliance and Increasing Trial Safety
Lake Hart
  • Administrative Leadership for Women in Academic Neurology
  • Entrepreneurship/Innovation in Academic Neurology
  • Pharmaceutical Research Grants/Funding and Pharmaceutical Consulting While in Academia

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Poster presenters will be in attendance from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM.
Orange Ballrooms A-D

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orlando Ballrooms IV - VI
  • AI Applications for Implantable Devices in Neuropsychiatric Diseases
  • AI for Discovery and Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases using Deep Learning and Large-Scale Neuroimaging
  • AI-Aided Analyses of Seizure and Interictal Phenotypes and Drug Responses in Epilepsy Models: Possibilities for Clinical Applications
  • The Power of Informatics and Machine Learning Applications to Personalized Healthcare Delivery

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Lucerne
  • Health Equity and Representation Science in Neurocritical Care
  • Influences on Health Preventive Behaviors After Minor Stroke: Understanding Patient Perceptions and Practices in an Urban Underserved Population
  • Promoting Best Practices in Diversity Enrollment in Clinical Studies: An NIH Perspective
  • Representation in Clinical Trials: Strategies for Study Design and Recruitment
Lake Eola A
  • Drug Development in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Elucidating Amyloid Fibril Formation using Correlative Cryo-CLEM in situ
  • Integrating Skin Seeded-amplification Assays into a Personalized Stem-cell Paradigm for Synucleinopathy
  • New Mechanisms of Neuron-Autonomous Neuroinflammation
  • Rescuing Alpha-synuclein Toxicity through Neuron-specific Enhancement of Autophagy
  • Understanding and Treating Enteric Nervous System Disease in a CNS Neurodegenerative Disorder
Lake Nona B
  • Loss of Function of EIF4A2 Leads to Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Zebrafish
  • The Neurovascular Continuum: Pediatric Stroke
  • The Neurovascular Continuum: Vulnerabilities in Women and in Aging
  • The Timing of Purkinje Cell Silencing Determines Severity of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Lake Concord
  • A Transgenic Rabbit Model of Pediatric Epilepsy and SUDEP
  • Fibroblast Models MELAS/LHON Plus to Test Novel Pharmaco-Epigenomic Drugs
  • Parvalbumin-positive Interneuron Alterations in a Mouse Model of Pcdh19 Clustering Epilepsy
  • Refining TDP-43 Dependent Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches in ALS Using Human iPSC Models
Lake Hart
  • Defining the Path to Disease Modifying Therapy tor Genetic Leukoencephalopathy
  • Neurological Manifestations of Errors of Immunity
  • The White Matter Rounds Experience: An International Network to Accelerate the Diagnosis of Adult Subjects with Atypical White Matter Diseases
  • Utilization of Cerebrospinal Fluid IgM and RT-PCR Testing for Neuro-invasive West Nile Virus
Lake Nona A
  • Modulating Neural Population Dynamics to Improve Motor Recovery
  • Neurostimulation Tools for Post-Stroke Motor Recovery – Prime Time
  • Parvalbumin Interneurons Regulate Circuit Plasticity in the Healthy and Injured Somatosensory Cortex
  • Understanding Mechanisms of Aphasia Recovery to Improve Brain Stimulation Treatments

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Orange Ballroom F

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orange Ballrooms A-D and Foyer 1

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Monday, September 16, 2024

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Lucerne
  • A Personal Perspective on Prioritization, Procrastination, and Planning
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People as a Neurology Chair? Let Faculty Lead
  • Keeping all the Balls in the Air: Lessons Learned
JEC
Lake Nona B
  • Communicating on Social Media
  • Communicating with Philanthropists
  • Engaging the Media
JEC
Lake Nona A
  • Concerning Visas: An IMG Tale
  • How Mentorship Matters When Choosing a Career Pathway
  • Immigrant Neurologists in the Physician-Scientist Pipeline
  • My Academic Journey as an Immigrant Neurologist
JEC, PR
Lake Florence
  • Adequate Support And Infrastructure: What An R25 Added? Trainee
  • Creating A Realistic Research Project- Do You Need An R25?
  • Transitioning To Fellowship: Can You Actually Get Prelim Data for a K?

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orlando Ballroom IV - VI
  • Brain Circuit-Targeted Neuromodulation
  • Causal Entrainment of Cortical Rhythms Improves Memory in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Emerging Focused Ultrasound Techniques for Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Disorders
  • Highly Epileptiform EEG Trajectories and Functional Recovery Post-Cardiac Arrest (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • Insights from Centromedian Thalamic Stimulation Evoked Responses to Improve Brain Stimulation Therapies (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • Non-invasive Approaches to Treating Seizures

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All ANA members are encouraged to attend - JEC
Orlando IV-VI

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Nona A
  • Focused Ultrasound For Movement Disorders
  • Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces For Restoring Communication and Mobility
  • Responsive Neurostimulation to Restore Consciousness In Epilepsy
Lake Lucerne
  • AUPN Meet The Chairs: Empowering Women Leaders: Successes and Challenges in the Role of Department Chair
  • Women Leaders in Neurology
Lake Eola B
  • Identification of Autoimmune Epilepsy Syndromes
  • Immunotherapy in Autoimmune Epilepsy: An Experience from Autoimmune Epilepsy Clinic
  • Navigating the Expanding Spectrum of Neural Specific Antibodies Associated with Autoimmune Encephalitis
Lake Nona B
  • Diversifying Neurology Residency and Fellowship Programs: Lessons Learned, Current Strategies, and Future Directions
  • Fostering Diversity in Academic Neurology Departments
  • Increasing Diversity in the Neurosciences: A Comprehensive Collaborative Approach
  • Strategies to Increase Diversity in Medical Schools: How do we go from here?
JEC
Key West A-C
  • Enhancing Biomedical Writing Skills
Lake Eola A
  • Cross-Domain Natural Language Processing to Redefine Disease and Drug Targets: A Case Study with Parkinson's
  • Large Language Models Towards the Automation of Clinical Meta-Analysis: A Case Study with Glioblastoma
Lake Mizell A
  • Diagnosis and Evolving Philosophies of Care for Patients with Neurosarcoidosis
  • Mimics and Approaches in Neurosarcoidosis Myelitis
  • Updates in our Understanding of Biomarkers and Laboratory Findings in Neurosarcoidosis
Lake Concord
  • Headache Management in Rural Populations
  • Headache Treatment and Management in Pediatric Populations
  • Migraine Management During Pregnancy and in Older Adults

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Poster presenters will be in attendance from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM.
Orange Ballrooms A-D

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orlando Ballrooms IV - VI
  • Antithrombotic Treatment Decisions in Patients with Comorbid Hemorrhage-prone Cerebral Small Vessel and Ischemic Vascular Diseases
  • Blood Neural Barrier Breakdown Drives Mutant TRPV4 Mediated Motor Nerve Degeneration
  • Developing CRISPR Gene Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Exploration of Race, Racism, Race-based Headache Disparities and Professional Ethics
  • Perinatal Neurodevelopment: Understanding the Dynamic Infant Brain

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Monroe A
  • CNS Autoimmunity with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Kallikrein-10 Gene Mutations in Patients with Stiff-Person Syndrome (SPS): Extensive Immunogenetic Studies Triggered by a GAD-positive Family
  • Paramagnetic Rim Lesion Evolution is Related to Longitudinal Clinical Disease Progression in People with Multiple Sclerosis
  • The Role of Infectious Triggers in Autoimmune Encephalitis
  • Treatment Approaches in Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis
Lake Monroe B
  • Cholinergic System Changes and Cognition in Parkinson Disease
  • Deep Learning-Enhanced PRS: A Pioneering Approach for Personalized Alzheimer’s Risk Stratification
  • Manipulation of Microglial Genes in Alzheimer's Disease: When and in Which Direction?
  • Self-supervised Convolutional Neural Network Trained on Retinal Digital Color Images Can Identify Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Update on Performance of Blood-Based Biomarkers in AD
Lake Hart
  • Clinical Characteristics and Seizure Outcomes of Temporal and Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery at a Single Center in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis in Status Epilepticus
  • Traumatic Brain Injury as a Human Model of Epileptogenesis
  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex as a Human Model of Epileptogenesis
Lake Eola B
  • Cerebral Malaria Updates: Vaccines, Climate Change, and Beyond
  • Neurologic Care in Conflict Zones
  • Neuroscience Research Capacity Building in LMICs
  • The Impact of Malaria on the Central Nervous System- Does Coma Really Matter?
Lake Nona A
  • Beyond the ICU: Impacting Long-Term Outcomes Following Neurological Critical Illness and TBI
  • Can the Incorporation of Quantitative Markers and Death Improve the Prediction of Post-Ischemic Stroke Epilepsy?
  • Long-Term Outcomes after TBI with Special Interest in Women and Marginalized Groups
  • Relationship between Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Clinical Phenotypes, and Disability in Subacute-Long Term TBI
Lake Nona B
  • Advances in Inclusion Body Myositis
  • Learnings from Gene Therapy in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Preclinical Overview of CB03-154 (KCNQ2/3 Channel Opener) for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • What's on the Horizon for ALS

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Orange Ballroom F

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JEC
Orange Ballrooms A-D and Foyer 1

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JEC
Foyer 2 Lower Level & Orange Ballroom E
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Lucerne
  • Design and Implementation of a Disease Modifying Therapy Program at UAB
  • Overview of Anti-Amyloid Therapies: Considerations for Prescribing and Monitoring
JEC
Lake Nona B
  • Developing a Career in Global Health
  • Global Neurology: Nuts and Bolts
  • In-Practice: Life of a Global Neurologist
Lake Nona A
  • Building a Career in Neurology Education
  • Clinical Career Tracks: Challenges and Strategies for Success
  • Impacting Neurology Through Research: A Perspective
JEC, PR
Lake Florence
  • Basic Science: Should MD/PhDs do a Post-Doc Rather than Traditional Fellowship?
  • Earlier Decisions Tax Programs
  • Neurohospitalists: Need Even for Those Hospitalists?

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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JEC
Orlando Ballrooms IV-VI
  • Characterizing Delayed Neurotoxicity Syndromes Following Treatment with Anti-BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapies (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • Corticosteroids in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, and Other Therapeutics in Viral Encephalitis: Lessons Learned
  • Enhanced Diagnostic Precision in AE to Guide Prognosis and Treatment
  • Proinflammatory Cytokines in the CSF Aneurysmal SAH Patients are Associated with Shunt Placement (Emerging Scholar Presentation)
  • The Advantages and Pitfalls of Metagenomic Sequencing in Encephalitis
  • Treatments and Trials in Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Urgent Need for Evidence

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Foyer 1 - Lower Level

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Lake Eola A
  • Advances in Pediatric Ischemic Stroke
  • Prevalence and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated with Ischemic Stroke and Concomitant Cardiomyopathy
  • Sleep Health Influences Disparities in Stroke Risk and Health Outcomes
  • The Impact of Sex and Gender on Stroke Outcomes
  • Tracking Leukocytes to Understand Neutrophil Extravasation and Persistence after Ischemic Stroke and Reperfusion
  • White Matter Lesion Burden, Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption, and Worse Cognitive Performance in Patients with CADASIL
Lake Monroe A
  • A Systematic Review Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Neuromodulating Treatments for Pain Management in Fibromyalgia: ECT, TMS, and Psychedelics
  • Clinical Presentation and Pathophysiological Differences of Visual Symptoms
  • Comparison of the Region of Interest (ROI) Selection Methods for Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis Along Perivascular Space (DTI-ALPS) Studies
  • Migraine Pathophysiology: Insights from Functional Imaging
Lake Nona A
  • Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation in Cerebral Palsy
  • Controversies of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Gait Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease
  • Genome-sequencing in Multiple System Atrophy: Identification of Novel Susceptibility Loci and Generation of a Foundational Resource
  • Skin Synuclein Signature in Diverse Synucleinopathy
Lake Eola B
  • Focused US for BBB disruption
  • Medical Comorbidities Potentially Modify Survival of Glioblastoma Patients
  • Role of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Brain Tumors
  • Tumor Treating Fields Treatment Device for Glioblastoma
Lake Nona B
  • Choroidal Abnormalities and Visual Outcomes in Children with NF1-Associated Optic Pathway Gliomas
  • Gaps in Neuro-Vestibular Eye Movement Assessment by Clinical Neurologists in the AVERT Randomized Trial
  • Quantifying Induced Nystagmus Using a Smartphone Eye Tracking Application
  • Updates on the Diagnostic Criteria for MOGAD
Lake Monroe B
  • OSA and Stroke Prevention
  • Sleep Disturbances Induced by TDP-43 Proteinopathy are Rescued by ATXN2 Knockdown in Drosophila and Mouse Models of Sporadic ALS
  • Sleep Stage Specific Effects of Sleep Apnea on Cerebrovascular Pathology and Memory in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
  • Sleep and Multiple Sclerosis

*Sessions marked with an asterick (*) award AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™ through the ANA. Please refer to the CME page for more information. Sessions marked with "JEC" are recommended for Junior and Early Career attendees. Sessions marked with "PR" are recommended workshops for Program and Residency Directors.