The standard of the free paper prize competition was the best in recent memory - particularly well done to medical students @loginovic and Timothy Boet Pavel presented on Epidemiology of #OpticNeuritis. Timothy presented on screening for #AxialSpA in HLA-B27 associated #Uveitis.

Amazing opportunity to start a fully funded Health Data Science PhD project at KCL, deadline to apply to KCL 30th Jan 2025. My team has two exciting projects on offer...Please do share within your networks!

👤 Meet our first speaker, Prof Louise Howard, OBE! A true expert in perinatal mental health with years of experience. 🙌🎤 #PerinatalMentalHealth #Perinatal #Webinar Expert Talk: Perinatal Mental Health Webinar Date: January 23, 2025 Register here: eventbrite.com/e/global-solu…

Counting down to this informative and exciting webinar that offers insight into the mental health of expecting and nursing mothers. It is free to attend and brings together NHS and WHO experts among others. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/global-solu…

“…with more doctors than ever before choosing locally employed (LE) roles” When there are ~29k applicants for ~9k core training posts, doctors are not *choosing* LE roles They have no other option

📣 NANSIG x ABN 2024 Student Day 📣 We are proud to announce our annual Neurology Student Day in partnership with the Association of British Neurologists! 🧠 Join us on Wednesday, 27th November 2024, from 1PM - 5PM.

📣 NANSIG x ABN 2024 Student Day 📣 We are proud to announce our annual Neurology Student Day in partnership with the Association of British Neurologists! 🧠 Join us on Wednesday, 27th November 2024, from 1 PM - 5 PM for this free virtual careers day.

🎓 Expert Talk: Perinatal Mental Health Webinar Join leading experts discussing key insights on perinatal mental health. 📅 January 23, 2025 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/PMH_webinar Free registration | Limited spots available! #PerinatalMentalHealth #MaternalHealth #Wellbeing✨

📣 NANSIG is thrilled to introduce our National Committee for 2024/25! 📣 We are excited and honored to have been selected, and we can't wait to bring you incredible events and resources!

Sad to hear the passing of Akira Endo who discovered the statins. During his childhood, Akira was inspired by Alexander Fleming and his discovery of Penicillin from fungal mold. Fate would have it, he ended up discovering the second most important medicine of the century in almost the same way as Penicillin was discovered. Except Akira found statins not by luck but through years of painstaking research of fungal molds. Still, serendipity played a small role. Of all the places, he found the billion dollar chemical in the rice bought from a local grocery store in Kyoto. In the words of Nobel laureates Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein, "The millions of people whose lives [were and] will be extended through statin therapy owe it all to Akira Endo" #RIP Akira Endo theguardian.com/society/arti…

#EUNOS2024 did #covid19 or vaccination for c-19 change the incidence of #opticneuritis in the U.K. @tasbraithwaite great data @UoB_IAHR @NANOSTweets @EunoSsociety @UKNOSoc … no change. Importance of #bigdata this also reflects big data elsewhere

There are distinct atrophy patterns in retinal small vessels in people with #MultipleSclerosis, as from different underlying pathology. OCT-angiography study from @TU_Muenchen ▶️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

So many great events are lined up for the ones fascinated by #neuroophthalmology Starting with #EUNOS2024, followed by course in Palermoand #opticneuropathy day in Cambridge. You still can join #NANOS2024 on demand online!

#EUNOS2024 Have you not yet registered for EUNOS 2024? Make sure to register today, using this link: eunos2024.org/registration/! Please note, the deadline for the regular registration fee is 20 May. @UKNOSoc @EunoSsociety @ABNTrainees 3rd -6th June in Rotterdam

@MarkHeadache @BrainLabBhamUk @sallyabbottRD @IIHUK @ABNTrainees @NANSIG1 @NANOSTweets @EunoSsociety healthy weight or those living without obesity do not commonly get #IIH. When they do their outcomes are similar to those living with obesity at baseline tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

T1D and other autoimmune diseases (AIDs) co-occur in families. How parental AIDs impact T1D risk in offspring and how much of the familial risk is explained by HLA and non-HLA variants? 👩🏻‍🦱🧔🏻‍♂️👶🏻 Find out more from this thread 🧵 and our new preprint ⬇️!medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

New PGS to predict multiple sclerosis (MS) risk in individuals with optic neuritis: pgscatalog.org/publication/P… Thanks to @loginovic @RAOram @mnweedon for sharing! Share your scores at pgscatalog.org/submit

From @UniofExeter @KingsCollegeLon: beautiful study examining genetic risk scores for predicting multiple sclerosis in people with optic neuritis. @loginovic @feiyi_wang @FerratLauric @HarryGreenTKD @mnweedon @RAOram @tasbraithwaite @NatureComms: go.nature.com/48CjTTZ

MOGAD (Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Associated Disease) youtu.be/V2fNC9SV2HU?si=KK7i…

Optic neuritis is a condition that affects the eye and your vision. It is caused by inflammation of the optic nerve. New genetics research could help diagnose MS earlier for people with optic neuritis. Find out more: mssoc.uk/3T0gV61