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- First Published December 24, 2012.
Author Disclosures
- Patricia K. Baskin, MS, Executive Editor and
- Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief
- Patricia K. Baskin, MS, Executive Editor and
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Received reimbursement for travel expenses to two meetings in 2011 of The International Publication Planning Association (TIPPA), an association of industry professionals sponsored by Pharmaceutical Education Associates LLC., to present Neurology's authorship policies.
Executive Editor of Neurology and employed by the American Academy of Neurology.Her spouse is employed by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and University of Washington. He is Associate Editor of Endocrinology and Executive Editor of Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry and receives stipneds for those activities.
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consulted with no stipend or reimbursements for the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices initiative at a journal-pharma workshop in 2011 and one TIPPA meeting in 2012.
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Her spouse receives research funding from the Departments of Veterans Affairs and NIH.
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- Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief
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Receive honorarium from AAN as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Journal.
Serve as Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Journal.
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Has received consultant fees from GlaxoSmithKline and Harris Interactive.
Has served on the speakers' bureaus for Abbott, UCB, and GlaxoSmithKline.
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Has conducted clinical trials over the past five years funded by GlaxoSmithKline, UCB, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, and Marinus, but has ceased participation in industry-sponsored clinical trials and speakers' bureau since his appointment as EIC for Neurology Journl.
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Has received research funding from the Department of the Army and UCBPharma.
Supported for educational endeavors from the University of Rochester Medical Center's Clinical and Translational Science Award from the NIH.
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- From the American Academy of Neurology (P.K.B., R.A.G.), Minneapolis, MN; and Strong Epilepsy Center and University of Rochester Medical Center (R.A.G.), Rochester, NY.
- Correspondence to Ms. Baskin: pbaskin{at}neurology.org
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