Neurologic Care of Forcibly Displaced Persons
Emerging Issues in Neurology
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- Received September 21, 2022
- Accepted in final form December 7, 2022
- First Published March 1, 2023.
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Author Disclosures
- Farrah J. Mateen, MD, PhD,
- Ibrahem Hanafi, MD, MSc,
- Gretchen L. Birbeck, MD, MPH, DTMH,
- Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc,
- Erich Schmutzhard, MD, PhD,
- Jo M. Wilmshurst, MB, BS, MRCPaed, FCPaed, MD,
- Heather Silsbee,
- Lyell K. Jones Jr, MD;
- on behalf of the AAN Quality Committee
- Farrah J. Mateen, MD, PhD,
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Dr. Mateen serves as a coeditor for Without Borders, a website of Neurology.
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I have received consulting fees from Alexion, Horizon Therapeutics, Genentech, TG Therapeutics, and EMD Serono unrelated to this work.
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Research funding to my institution from Genentech, EMD Serono, Biogen, unrelated to this work.
Research funding from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of State, unrelated to this work.
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Research funding in the form of investigator-initiated grants from the Sumaira Foundation, unrelated to this work.
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I hold shares in the company BrainCapture.
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- Ibrahem Hanafi, MD, MSc,
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I am supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; DAAD) unrelated to this project.
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- Gretchen L. Birbeck, MD, MPH, DTMH,
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NIHR01NS09403709/15/15-08/30/21Cohort of HIV-Associated Seizures and Epilepsy in Zambia (CHASE): Scale up and expansion informed by R21 Findings. Role: Co-PINIHR21MH122238 09/03/20-08/31/22 Collaborative HIV Investigations of Antiretroviral Neuropsychiatric Toxicities in Zambia (CHANTZ)Role: Co-PINIHR01NS11105703/15/20-01/31/25 An MRI Ancillary Grant on a Malaria Fever Control RCTRole: Co-PINIHR01NS102176 09/15/17-09/30/22 Aggressive Antipyretics for fever Control in CNS Malaria: A Randomized Controlled Trial AssessingAntipyretic Efficacy and Parasite ClearanceRole: PIR35NS122265 04/01/21-31/03/29 Global Research Endeavors to Advance Treatment of Neurological Disorders in AfricaRole: PI
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My husband has provided expert testimony for various legalfirms. A full list is available uponrequest. None are related to this work in any way.
- Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc,
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1) National Science Foundation, Grant number 2116859, Co-PI, 2021-20242) National Institute of Health, R21MD017499, MPI, 2022-20243) National Institute of Health, K23NS128164, PI, 2022-2027
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1) Russel Sage Foundation, 2021-20232) American Academy of Neurology, 2021-20233) Rappaport Foundation, 2020-2021
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- Erich Schmutzhard, MD, PhD,
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- Jo M. Wilmshurst, MB, BS, MRCPaed, FCPaed, MD,
National (South African) advisory board for Sanofi and Novartis
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Epilepsia, associate editor, 2013-currentFrontiers in Neurology Paediatric Neurology sub-section, Chief Editor, 2019 - current
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National Research Foundation for South Africa
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- Heather Silsbee,
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Employee of the American Academy of Neurology
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- Lyell K. Jones Jr, MD;
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Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, Editor-in-Chief, 2023 to presentNeurology: Clinical Practice, Editorial Board, 2016 to present
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Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review book, Oxford UniversityPress, 2015
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Voluntary member of the AANI Board of DirectorsVoluntary member of the Mayo Clinic ACO Board of DirectorsVoluntary chair of the American Academy of NeurologyQuality CommitteeTeaching honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology
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- on behalf of the AAN Quality Committee
- From the Department of Neurology (F.J.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Neurology (I.H.), University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany; Department of Neurology (G.L.B.), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY; Department of Neurology (A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Department of Neurology (E.S.), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Paediatric Neurology (J.M.W.), University of Cape Town, South Africa; American Academy of Neurology (H.S.), Minneapolis, MN; and Department of Neurology (L.K.J.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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American Academy of Neurology quality{at}aan.com
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