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February 2025 Issue #30
endMS Bits and Pieces Newsletter
endMS National Training Program (NTP) Engages People with Lived Experience: The NTP is committed to continue increasing the engagement of people living with MS (PwMS) in the program. Thank you to those who have been providing feedback to the SPRINT teams, on their interdisciplinary projects and to those who are members of our governance committees. For information on how to get involved, and the latest SPRINT team project lay summaries click here
2025 endMS Summer School Teaser and SPRINT Info Session Here is a glimpse of what we can look forward to from the 2025 Summer School plus an overview and the features of endMS SPRINT: https://youtu.be/00eKtCcE8no
endMS Network Trainee/Alumnae Publications, Awards and Presentations (alumnae are in bold) - Have you recently published research, received an award, or reached a milestone? Share your achievements with us, and let's celebrate together! Congratulations to Tamanna Islam, for winning the People's Choice award from uOGRADflix Hall of Fame. Tamanna's research addresses cognitive fatigability, studying related factors to help people with MS maintain cognitive performance. View it here Gill, A.J., Smith, M.D., Galleguillos, D, Gharagozloo, M..et al.NLRX1 limits inflammatory neurodegeneration in the anterior visual pathway.J Neuroinflammation 22, 21 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-025-03339-0 Groh A., Afanasiev E.,Thevakumaran R., Callahan-Martin L., et all An MRI-informed histo-molecular analysis implicates ependymal cells in the pathogenesis of periventricular pathology in multiple sclerosis bioRxiv 2025.01.14.633055; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.14.633055 Wang Z, Robbins B., Zhuang R., Sandini T., van Bruggen R., Li X., Zhang Y., Early psilocybin intervention alleviates behavioral despair and cognitive impairment in stressed Wistar rats, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry,Volume 136, 2025, 111243, ISSN 0278-5846,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111243.
Final Reminder! Deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 19th by 4 pm eastern time. 2025-2026 endMS Scholar Program for Researchers IN Training (endMS SPRINT) and/or the 2025 endMS Summer School For more information, eligibility requirements, application guidelines and instructions for each program: www.endmstrainingprogram.ca
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