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NANOS recognizes the need to stimulate investigator-initiated research programs in Neuro-Ophthalmology. The NANOS Pilot Research Grant Program provides a one-year, non-renewable source of funding to help principal investigators generate preliminary data that will lead to additional funding from other national agencies or foundations. Priority is given towards research that will provide preliminary data for future substantial grant applications. In this spirit, new or innovative projects will be supported but should have a sound medical/scientific justification. A scientific panel will review the applications, and the final award will be subject to approval by the NANOS Board.
AWARD
2021 Recipient
Lindsey De Lott, MD, MS - “Early deep phenotyping of optic neuritis to inform medical decision making”
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Applications will open in the fall.
All applications materials must be received by February 13, 2023 to be considered for the grant.
NANOS recognizes the need to stimulate leadership development in diverse members of its community. The Dr. Ivy Dreizin Leadership Development Grant provides a one-time, non-renewable source of funding to support leadership development for a NANOS member. Priority will be given to those who have been actively involved in the Women in Neuro-Ophthalmology Committee and NANOS. Nominees and alternates will be proposed by the Women in Neuro-Ophthalmology Steering Committee, subject to approval by the NANOS Board of Directors. Click here for specific award details.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
Zoe Williams, MD
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Applications will open in the fall.
All applications materials must be received by February 20, 2023 to be considered for the grant.
This award was established to encourage and recognize basic or clinical research in neuro-ophthalmology by a NANOS candidate or active member. The originality, scientific merit and neuro-ophthalmic interest of a developing investigator’s total body of work combined with a representative new research manuscript will be considered as criteria to determine the award recipient. The award is selected by the Research Committee during the Annual Meeting and need not be given annually. It is not open to NANOS Fellows.
AWARD
2021 Recipient
Eric Gaier, MD, PhD - “Digital Therapeutic Improves Visual Acuity and Encourages High Adherence in Amblyopic Children”
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Applications will open in the fall after the NANOS annual meeting abstract portal is launched.
All applications materials must be received by November 30, 2022 to be considered for the award.
This award recognizes the best poster or platform presentation by a fellow. The awardee receives a certificate and a stipend. In 2004 this program was expanded to recognize medical students, residents and fellows with separate awards.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
Andre Aung, MD - Referral Patterns to Neuro-Ophthalmology for Presumptive Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) Based on Isolated Neuroimaging Findings
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N/A
This award recognizes the best poster or platform presentation by a resident. The awardee receives a certificate and a stipend.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
James Mitchell, MB, BS, MRCP - A Randomized Controlled, Trial of the GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Exenatide in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
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All residents who have submitted an abstract for the NANOS Annual Meeting
N/A
This award recognizes the best poster or platform presentation by a resident. The awardee receives a certificate and a stipend.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
Micalla Peng, BS - Electric Fields Direct Full-Length Optic Nerve Regeneration And Partial Restoration of Visual Function
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All medical students who have submitted an abstract for the NANOS Annual Meeting
N/A
This award recognizes the best Walsh Session Paper Presentation by a fellow.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
Jeffrey Gluckstein, MD - Double Crossed
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N/A
This award is named due to Dr. Smith's unique and seminal contributions as a clinical neuro-ophthalmologist and as the founding editor of the journal.
AWARD
2022 Recipient
Alvin Liu, MD - "Detection of Optic Disc Abnormalities in Color Fundus Photographs Using Deep Learning"
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All publications from the calendar year preceding the NANOS Annual Meeting will automatically be considered.
This award is NANOS's highest honor. The award is given at the discretion of the Executive Board to those who have provided a sustained and substantial service to the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. It is named after, and honors, the NANOS Founder, Thomas Carlow, who contributed an immeasurable amount of his time and energy founding and then nurturing NANOS.
2022 Recipient
Leah Levi, MD
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NANOS Members and NANOS Volunteers with a track record of sustained exemplary service to NANOS
N/A
The NANOS Merit Award recognizes NANOS members who have made extraordinary contributions of time, energy, and resources to NANOS for the betterment of the organization.
2022 Recipients
Patricia Johnston McNussen, MD
Victoria Pelak, MD
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Nominations due November 6, 2022
The Jacobson Lecture honors the memory and legacy of our colleague Daniel M. Jacobson, MD (1956-2003). Dan was an outstanding teacher and brilliant clinician with an inquiring mind.
2021 Recipient
Fiona Costello, MD - The Power of Connection
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The Jacobson Lecture Selection subcommittee makes a recommendation to the NANOS Executive Board for approval by January of calendar year preceding the lecture.
Launched in 2001, the William F. Hoyt Lecture, the only named lecture in neuro-ophthalmology at the AAO Annual Meeting, takes place during the symposia co-sponsored by the North-American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society (NANOS) at the Academy's Annual Meeting (AAO).
2021 Recipient
Valerie Biousse, MD - “Acute Retinal Ischemia: Time for Action!”
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A Fellow or International Fellow of NANOS in good standing
The Hoyt Lecture Selection subcommittee makes a recommendation to the NANOS Executive Board for approval by January of calendar year preceding the lecture.