FBCN was proud to award prizes to the following investigators for best presentations at the 2024 Hydrocephalus conference, September 13-16, Nagoya, Japan.
Congratulations from the journal Editors to:
1st Prize - Awarded by the Hydrocephalus Society to Teruhiko Yoshida - University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Title: Apolipoprotein-L1 G1 variant causes hydrocephalus in mice and humans.
2nd Prize - Awarded by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
to Consolata Shayo - Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania. Title: Endoscopic findings and clinical outcome of ETV in infants under 6 months in Tanzania.
3rd Prize Awarded by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS to Rebecca Grønning - Hydrocephalus research unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg, Sweden. Title: Postoperative Changes in Ventricular CSF Biomarkers with Correlation to Clinical Outcome in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
4th Prize (tied) Awarded by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS to Heikki Lukkarinen - University Of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. Title: Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
4th Prize (tied) Awarded by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS to Kanza Tariq - Neurosurgery/National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK. Title: “One Shunt Fits All?”: The Difference Between the Various Antibiotic Impregnated Shunt Catheters.
From left to right: Carolyn Harris, Heikki Lukkarinen, Kanza Tariq, Rebecca Grønning, Consolata Shayo, Teruhiko Yoshida, Mitsuhito Mase.