COVID-19 and Vaccination in the Setting of Neurologic Disease
An Emerging Issue in Neurology
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- Received May 5, 2021
- Accepted in final form July 19, 2021
- First Published July 29, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Elisabeth B. Marsh, MD,
- Michael Kornberg, MD, PhD,
- Kevin Kessler, MD,
- Ihtsham Haq, MD,
- Anup D. Patel, MD,
- Avindra Nath, MD,
- Becky Schierman, MPH,
- Lyell K. Jones Jr, MD;
- on behalf of the Quality Committee of the American Academy of Neurology
- Elisabeth B. Marsh, MD,
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Philanthropic gift from the Iorizzo family
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Stroke, editorial board, 2018
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National Institutes of Health
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American Heart Association
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- Michael Kornberg, MD, PhD,
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(1) Listed as inventor on a pending patent regarding the use of bryostatin-1 and related compounds as therapeutic agents in demyelinating and neuroinflammatory diseases
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(1) Biogen Idec, (2) Janssen Pharmaceuticals (unrelated to vaccine development), (3) OptumRx
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, K08NS104266, PI, 2019-2024
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(1) Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, 135904, (2) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, 17316, (3) Race to Erase MS
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- Kevin Kessler, MD,
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- Ihtsham Haq, MD,
Commercial Entities: 1)Two compensated scientific advisory boards for Boston Scientific DBS.
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I have salary support from 1) NINDS R01NS058949 (through 2025) 2) NINDS R01 MH121099-01 (through 2025) 3) NINDS 1U24NS107197-01 (completed 2020) 4) NIAA: P30 AG049638 (completed 2020)
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- Anup D. Patel, MD,
Neurelis
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Greenwich Biosciences
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Webinar Development for Medscape
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Stoke Encoded
R01NR017794-01A, NIH/NINR Site PI: 08/01/2018 Â 06/30/2023 HRSA-16-055 QI consultant: 01/01/2017 Â 12/31/2021 R21NR017633-01, NIH/NINR Site SI: 09/01/2018 Â 08/01/2020
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Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation (PERF)
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- Avindra Nath, MD,
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Associate Editor, Journal of Neurovirology Editor, Practice Neurology Section Editor, Frontiers in Neurology
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NIH intramural funds
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- Becky Schierman, MPH,
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1) American Academy of Neurology 2) Senior Director, Quality 3) 3 years
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- Lyell K. Jones Jr, MD;
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Neurology: Clinical Practice, Editorial Board, 2016 to present
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Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review book, Oxford University Press, 2015
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Voluntary member of the AANI Board of Directors Voluntary member of the Mayo Clinic ACO Board of Directors Voluntary chair of the American Academy of Neurology Quality Committee Teaching honoraria from the American Academy of Neurology
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- on behalf of the Quality Committee of the American Academy of Neurology
- From The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (E.B.M., M.K.), Baltimore, MD; The University of Virginia Medical Center (K.K.), Charlottesville; The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (I.H.), FL; Nationwide Children's Hospital (A.D.P.), Columbus, OH; The National Institutes of Health (A.N.), Bethesda, MD; The American Academy of Neurology (B.S.), Minneapolis; and The Mayo Clinic (L.K.J.), Rochester, MN.
- Correspondence
Dr. Marsh ebmarsh{at}jhmi.edu
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