Congratulations to Albert Isaacs!
We extend our warmest congratulations to Albert Isaacs, MD, PhD on his recent success as the recipient of the 2024 Epidemiology Challenge Award from the Hydrocephalus Association Network for Discovery Science (HANDS) to investigate: Comprehensive Epidemiological and Economic Assessment of Non-Normal Pressure Adult Hydrocephalus (NNPAH) in the United States Dr. Albert Isaacs is an Assistant Professor in Genomic Medicine at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. His study aims to estimate how many people have non-NPH adult hydrocephalus, identify patterns across different age groups and causes, and explore the economic burden, including medical expenses, lost income, and costs related to disability. The results of this...
SRHSB gratitude announcement
The Executive Committee of SRHSB would like to acknowledge and express their gratitude to the late Linda Mary Welburn who made a legacy bequest to SRHSB in her will. We would like to express our thanks for her generosity. Bequest gifts made to SRHSB are rare, but they afford us the opportunity to strengthen our many exciting programs and foster connections within the communities affected by hydrocephalus and spina bifida, and more broadly, neural tube defects. This legacy will endow the activities of SRHSB, and we believe that through such activities, this will impact positively on those who are affected by these conditions.
Welcome from the President of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
A warm welcome to the website of SRHSB, a UK based research charity whose mission is to advance the scientific knowledge and treatment of hydrocephalus and Spina bifida in children and adults. I encourage you to explore these webpages and see if you would like to join the Society to gain the benefits of potential research grants, reduced conference fees and networking opportunities with experienced basic and clinical researchers in the field. Even if you do not wish to join at this stage you may wish to make a donation towards our society to help young researchers with their research projects. Kind regards Ian Pople MD FRCS President
SRHSB President’s Festive Greetings
Congratulations to Ashwin Kumaria – successes from SRHSB/Integra Travelling Fellowship 2023
We are delighted to announce and share the many successes of Mr Ashwin Kumaria who received the SRHSB/Integra Travelling Fellowship in 2023 to undertake a project entitled “Observership in Paediatric Neurosurgery: A comparison of the management of hydrocephalus associated with paediatric brain tumours”, under the supervision of Dr (Prof) Sanjay Behari (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, India).
Carola McDonald has been awarded the Dr Richard Morgan Prize
We congratulate Carola McDonald (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands) on being awarded the Dr Richard Morgan Prize, by Shine for her talk at the SRHSB Manchester Conference 2024 entitled: “Implementation of the Ready Steady Go transition program for youth with spina bifida: user-friendliness and role in transition from a patient perspective”.
SRHSB Manchester 2024 Conference Prizes
We are delighted to announce the following prizes that were awarded in respect of outstanding presentations at the SRHSB Manchester Conference 2024. We extend our warmest congratulations to them all.
New paper published
New paper on Accumulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Ventricular Enlargement, and Cerebral Folate Metabolic Errors Unify a Diverse Group of Neuropsychiatric Conditions Affecting Adult Neocortical Functions
Congratulations on grant success!
We are delighted to announce that a BBSRC project grant of >£1.3m has been awarded to a research team at the University of Manchester (Dr Reinmar Hager, Prof. Mike Harte, Dr Jo Glazier) and King’s College London (Dr Anthony Vernon); shown in picture below from left to right, respectively.
RIP: Dr Richard Morgan
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dr Richard Morgan. Dr Richard Morgan was a truly dedicated and well respected adult physician who was a long-standing member of the SRHSB & SHINE. He established and led a very effective multi-disciplinary spina bifida clinic at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London, which became increasingly recognised as a national referral centre for adults with spina bifida. For many years this important one stop assessment clinic has been much appreciated by patients travelling from many parts of the country and I am sure Dr Morgan will be hugely missed by all his colleagues and spina bifida patients. We pass our deepest condolences to his family and friends.