The Child Neurology Foundation presents the first annual Twin Cities Mardi Gras Event!The Child Neurology Foundation presents the first annual Twin Cities Mardi Gras Event! View all the pictures from the 2010 Mardi Gras Event
View Event Photos HERE.


 

Infantile Spasms

The Child Neurology Foundation (CNF) would like to announce that $30,000 was raised during Infantile Spasms Awareness Week (October 11-17) that will go towards researching the cause and treatment of this ultra-rare form of epilepsy. More


 

The Circle of 25:

THE CONCEPT
To gather outstanding community members including professional athletes and celebrities who have children in their lives with neurologic disorders to lead the way to insure that other families have the same access to quality child neurologic care as they have had.

Focusing on the magnitude of the fact that 25% of children in the United States have a neurologic disorder, we want to create a group of people called the Circle of 25 to lead the way to insure that all children have access to the care they need and deserve.

We are excited and honored that Alan Faneca of the New York Jets and his wife, Julie Faneca have agreed to take the lead as our Campaign Chairs.

The members of this group would lead the way in supporting Child Neurologists by making a commitment to give and/or raise $25,000 and by supporting the recruitment of other families. This monetary commitment could be paid at one time or over the course of up to five years.

We believe that having this group of outstanding community members would help us accomplish four significant goals:
  • to help fund research in the area of child neurology
  • to significantly raise the awareness of the numbers of families affected by child neurologic disorders
  • to raise the awareness of the severe shortage of child neurologists to care for these children
  • to help fund the recruitment of much needed child neurologists
We ask your support by:
  • Being the public face of this critical initiative
  • Helping in accessing these families
  • Providing guidance and counsel in our reach out efforts
  • Making the first financial commitment
On behalf of The Child Neurology Foundation’s Board of Directors and the Circle of 25 Advisory Committee led by Leo Garonski, we want to thank you!

 

2009 Award Updates

CNF Shield's Award 2009

Award Winner:
Dr. Hae- Ri Song of The Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for her grant proposal entitled "Nuclear Factor I A (NFUA), an astrocyte lineage gene, in glial tumors"

CNF Scientific Award 2009

Award Winner:
Dr. S. Ali Fatemi of The Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. for his grant proposal entitled "Glial Progenitor Cell Transplantation in mince with PVL"

CNF Advocacy Award of Merit 2009

Award Winner:
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

 

Educational Video

CNF Video: Special Care for Special Children
CNF Video: Make a Difference in Child Neurology

 


The mission of the Child Neurology Foundation is to advocate for children with neurologic disorders, to fund research, to promote child neurology as a career, to foster continuing education and to inform the general public as to the status and value of child neurology services. This mission is carried out thanks to the generosity of our doctors, donors and volunteers.