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Apply by January 14 for AAN Health Care Equity Scholarship Inclusion is the reason the AAN was founded. To be an organization that is the home for all neurologists. It is what makes us stronger. In 2020, the AAN Board of Directors adopted a new goal to be a fully inclusive, deliberately diverse, and anti-racist organization. We also expanded our core values of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity to now include, Anti-racism, and Social Justice, otherwise known as IDEAS. We are working hard to achieve this new goal and demonstrate these expanded values through an actionable roadmap approved by the Board. Members should look for updates in AANnews to follow our progress. The AAN seeks applicants for its 2022–2023 Health Care Equity Scholarship Program. Scholarship recipients will participate in a multi-faceted program guided to continue personal development and to help the participants create a customized roadmap aimed at mitigating health care disparities. The deadline to apply is January 14. The award for scholarship participants includes 2022 Annual Meeting registration, $1,000 travel stipend, and a certificate of recognition from the AAN. The program will kick off at the 2022 Annual Meeting and will meet virtually three times until graduation in March 2023. As part of the Health Care Equity Scholarship program, each member of the scholarship cohort will work on developing a project or initiative at their institution addressing or identifying a health care disparity. We ask that each member complete a brief form to provide further detail on the project. The cohort
will have a series of check-ins to share project progress and get advice/support from other cohort members and members of the Health Care Disparity Workgroup. At the conclusion of the program, recipients will have gained knowledge on health care disparities and learned tools and resources they can put into action at their own institutions. Eligible applicants must be an active AAN member and actively certified neurologist residing in the United States or Canada. Participants are required to attend the 2022 Annual Meeting in Seattle, virtual workshops, and cohort individual project calls. AAN members interested in participating in the program should submit in PDF format a curriculum vitae and a short statement (250 words) on what you hope to gain from the program, in addition to responding to the application essay questions. To learn more and apply, visit AAN.com/IDEAS.
Cast Your Vote for Section Leadership by February 18 Voting is now open for chair and/or vice chair position of the following AAN Sections. Cast your vote no later than 11:59 p.m. CT on February 18, 2022. For questions, contact sections@aan.com. A.B. Baker Section on Neurological Education
Clinical Neurophysiology Section
Neuroepidemiology Section
Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Section
Epilepsy Section Experimental Neurotherapeutics Section
Neurohealth & Integrative Neurology Section
General Neurology Section Geriatric Neurology Section Global Health Section Government Service Section
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LGBTQI Section Movement Disorders Section Multiple Sclerosis Section Neural Repair & Rehabilitation Section Neuroendocrinology Section
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Neuro-oncology Section Neuro-ophthalmology/Neurootology Section Sleep Medicine Section Spine Section Sports Neurology Section Women's Issues in Neurology Section
