Adam Kalinowski then introduced us to the David Marsden Award 2021 which is given in his name as recognition for all the research work he did and encouraged. Adam also thanked Ipsen who sponsored this award. Adam was delighted to announce the winner to be Dr Martin Reich from Germany. Dr Martin Reich, Julius Maximilians…
DE President at the Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Spanish Dystonia Association
ALDE—Asociación de Lucha Contra la Distonía en España (the Spanish dystonia association), held a conference on November 20th in Madrid, to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Adam Kalinowski, took part in this event as a representative of Dystonia Europe. It was a great opportunity for our president to meet representatives and partners of ALDE and to…
Prof Tom Warner is elected President of the Association of British Neurologists
Dystonia Europe is delighted to congratulate Prof Tom Warner, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, on his recent election as President of the Association of British Neurologists. This is a well-deserved honour for a very fine clinician and researcher, who is Director of the Reta Lila…
EPF Congress – Digital Transformation of Health Care
EPF (European Patient Forum) held an online congress over 4 days, 26-29 October. This was an extensive and excellent Congress given on a platform called Swapcard, with many possibilities to participate actively. Here we give a brief insight of some of the topics and discussions. In the opening session, “The digitalisation of health and care…
Class for Contact Persons held by Norwegian Dystonia Association
Dr Jeanette Koth To have Contact Persons is an important part of the work the Norwegian Dystonia Association (NDF). A contact person, in this context, means a person who is diagnosed with dystonia himself/herself and has had it for a while, and has been trained on how to respond to a person that contacts NDF….
