At the end of Dystonia Europe’s annual conference Dystonia Days, President Adam Kalinowski presented the David Marsden Award to Dr Susanne Knorr from the University Hospital in Würzburg Germany, coincidentally the same place that last year’s winner was from. Susanne then went on to present her research ‘The evolution of dystonia-like movements in TOR1A rats after…
The winner of the David Marsden Award 2021, Dr Martin Reich from Germany.
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…
Awards
David Marsden Award 2023 The award was introduced by Dystonia Europe in 2003 and was presented every two years to stimulate research on dystonia, especially by young scientists in Europe. From 2022, the award is presented every year. Professor David Marsden (1938 – 1998) was one of the leading neurologists in Europe and DE wishes…
Dystonia Day 2021
Well what can I say, the Dystonia Day conference held online on Saturday 4th September 2021 was a huge success with many attendees watching and listening to various experts in the field of Dystonia. Adam Kalinowski (DE President) started the day off by introducing us all to the conference and giving a brief…
History
The Formalities The organisation was formed as an association of national dystonia patient groups in Spoleto, Italy, on 18 June, 1993. The name was European Dystonia Federation (EDF) and the office address was at The Dystonia Society, in London. In 2003, EDF was formally registered in Belgium as an Association International Sans But Lucratif (AISBL)…
