February 14, 2019 - John Grisham's "The Tumor" Available on Audiobook and more news

View this email in your browser February 14, 2019 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Patient News | Research News | Industry News | Events John Grisham’s The Tumor Available as an Audiobook Bestselling author and Foundation Board member John Grisham calls it “the most important book I’ve ever written,” and now his short book The Tumor is available as an audiobook – with an introduction read by the author himself. READ MORE >   Foundation News Register Now: History of Focused Ultrasound Webinar On February 27, focused ultrasound pioneer and entrepreneur Naren Sanghvi will present a webinar entitled “High Intensity Focused Ultrasound – Past and Present.” LEARN MORE AND REGISTER > Website Spotlight: Timeline of Focused Ultrasound The Foundation’s website includes a timeline of the history of focused ultrasound, beginning with pre-1900 ultrasound discoveries through present-day milestones.  SEE THE TIMELINE > Blog Post Addresses Overcoming the Stigma of Negative Data The scientific community has been aware of the existence of a publication bias since the 1950’s. What is a publication bias, and how does this affect science?  READ THE POST >  More Foundation News Blog Post: The Utility of Patient Registries by James Torner, PhD  Patient News The Michael J. Fox Foundation Webinar to Discuss Parkinson’s Treatments On February 21, a webinar by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research will explore treatments for the disease, including focused ultrasound.  REGISTER NOW > READ A FOXFEED BLOG POST ON FUS > Essential Tremor Patient Finds Relief with Focused Ultrasound Bill Purcell was able to hold his newborn grandchild without fear after his essential tremor was treated at the Cleveland Clinic. SEE THE VIDEO >  More Patient News Focused Ultrasound Featured on NBC’s TV Series “New Amsterdam” Research News Now Accepting Applications for Global Internships Each year, the Foundation’s Global Internship Program offers students who are interested in focused ultrasound the opportunity to work with esteemed mentors in the field.   READ MORE AND APPLY >  Online Course on Pediatric Focused Ultrasound Now Available The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Therapeutic Ultrasound has released a new course by Stanford University’s Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD, on “MR-guided focused ultrasound: A pediatric application.” REGISTER & START THE COURSE > LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MOOC > February 2019 Research Roundup Swiss researchers used focused ultrasound to develop an approach for targeting the pallidothalamic tract in Parkinson’s disease.  READ THE PAPER > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications.  More Research News Register for a Pediatric Focused Ultrasound Meeting April 11, 2019 | Toronto, Canada Last Day to Submit an Abstract for the EUFUS/ISTU Joint Meeting Ultrasound May One Day Make the Drugs You Take More Effective. Here's How |  Fortune  Toronto Researchers Look at New Approach for Treating Alzheimer’s | The Globe and Mail Ohio State to Treat Epilepsy Patients with Focused Ultrasound in World's First Clinical Trial | DOTmed | See additional coverage from the Foundation, ABC6  Korean Researchers Shed Light on Tumor Removal by High-Intensity Ultrasound | Business Korea  Tell us about your research news for our next newsletter > Industry News J.P. Morgan Healthcare Week Highlights Shifts in the Commercialization of Care This annual conference offers insights into investment trends and how the Foundation’s FUS Partners initiative can support manufacturers.  READ MORE >  More Industry News UCI Health Medical Center Becomes First in the U.S. to Treat Patients Using EDAP's Breakthrough Focal One HIFU Technology | Globe Newswire Tell us about your industry news for our next newsletter > Upcoming Events February 14-17, 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC February 27–March 3, 2019 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria March 3-8, 2019 Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Les Houches, France  March 23-28, 2019 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas April 28–May 2, 2019 Society For Thermal Medicine (STM) 36th Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida May 3-6, 2019 American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois May 4-10, 2019 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 13-15, 2019 Ultrasound Energy - ISTU and EUFUS Joint Meeting, Barcelona, Spain Abstract Deadline is February 15, 2019.