For the April 2023 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS features presentations from the following individuals:
Dr. Eline Van Doninck, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Anna-Victoria De Keersmaecker, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium
Dr. Vinicius Andreoli Schoeps, University of California San Francisco, United States
Dr. Erin Longbrake, Yale University, United States
Dr. Van Doninck and Dr. De Keersmaecker spoke about their research titled MACSiMiSE-BRAIN: Metformin Add-on Clinical Study in Multiple Sclerosis to Evaluate Brain Remyelination And Neurodegeneration .
Dr. Schoeps discussed Repurposing N-Acetyl Cysteine for Neuroprotection in Progressive MS.
Dr. Longbrake explained the CELLO clinical trial for evaluating short-term ocrelizumab for radiologically isolated syndrome.
Please note, these videos are intended for a medical and scientific audience for educational purposes. Please acknowledge the speaker if you reference their work.
For the March 2023 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS featured Dr. Carmen Tur, Centre d'Escleosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Barcelona and Dr. Nicole Bou, Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Baltimore.
Dr. Tur spoke about the association of early progression independent of relapse activity and long-term disability after a first demyelinating event. Dr. Bou discussed how the extended interval dosing of Ocrelizumab in patients with Multiple Sclerosis is not associated with meaningful differences in disease activity.
Please note, these videos are intended for a medical and scientific audience for educational purposes. Please acknowledge the speaker if you reference their work.
For the August 22, 2022 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS featured Dr. Julia O’Mahoney, Dr. Antonia Ceccarelli and Dr. Francesca Bovis.
For the January 2022 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS featured Dr. Irene Treviño-Frenk who spoke on Results from the LATAM NMOSD registry, as well as Dr. Sonam Dilwali, who spoke on the association of dietary intake to clinical and radiologic activity in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ram N. Narayan shared information on the utility of telemedicine in the practice of multiple sclerosis.
Please note, these videos are intended for a medical and scientific audience for educational purposes. Please acknowledge the speaker if you reference their work.
For the October 2021 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS featured Dr. Maria Zuluaga who spoke on PLEX as first-line treatment in NMOSD attacks, as well as Dr. Dalia Rotstein, who spoke on comorbidities in immigrants and ethnically diverse persons with MS. Dr. Lubna Almouzain shared decisions around family planning and medication choice in relapsing remitting MS patients.
Please note, these videos are intended for a medical and scientific audience for educational purposes. Please acknowledge the speaker if you reference their work.
For the November 2023 Global Epidemiology Conference, iWiMS featured Dr. Alice Saul, University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and Dr. Akash Virupakshaiah, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Dr. Saul spoke about how a pro-inflammatory diet in people with Multiple Sclerosis is associated with an increased rate of relapse and increased FLAIR lesion volume on MRI. Dr. Virupakshaiah discussed predictors of a relapsing course in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.
Please note, these videos are intended for a medical and scientific audience for educational purposes. Please acknowledge the speaker if you reference their work.