ResearchNow
Sara Bernstein, editor,
Research Now
Cathy Carlson, Senior
Director, Research
Information
Research Now is a quarterly
feature of Momentum,
produced by the Society’s
Research Programs
Department.
INSIDE:
60 Federal research
program takes aim at
MS
62 Writing the story
behind every face of
MS
63 In the news and on our
website
It all starts here: Young investigators
gather at the third Tykeson Conference
by Sara Bernstein
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♦;Fellows present findings
on many areas of research,
including genetics and
rehabilitation.
♦;The conference helps cement
their commitment to MS and
new collaboration.
At the third Tykeson Fellows Conference in Dallas last
November, Michael Kurnellas,
PhD, at Stanford University,
made a valuable connection—
one that might very well
influence a bright career as an
MS researcher. “I just found
someone to collaborate with on
a new study,” he said.
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