September 22, 2023 – New Approval for Essential Tremor, Brain Targeting Workshop, and more news

Also, meet our summer interns

September 22, 2023 Foundation’s Summer Interns Tackled Wide Range of Projects This summer, 13 students from six universities and four high schools joined the Foundation. Their projects covered technical device design, artificial intelligence, finance, communications, and app development. One intern accepted a position at the Foundation after his internship concluded. Meet the Interns Essential Tremor Treatment Targeting Discussed at Workshop Last week, the Foundation and Insightec held a workshop to optimize targeting protocols for essential tremor treatments. More than 30 experts joined in person or virtually. A white paper summarizing the workshop’s outcomes will be made available soon. Read More Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor: Second Side Treatment Receives CE Mark Qualifying patients in Europe can now have their non-dominant side – or ‘second side’ – treated with focused ultrasound. The second treatment must take place at least nine months after the first side is treated. This CE mark comes after the procedure was cleared by the US FDA last year. Read the Press Release Now Available: Six New Sessions Added to Focused Ultrasound MOOC The Foundation and LabTAU recently expanded the curriculum of their free Massive Online Open Course (MOOC). New sessions address focused ultrasound applications for breast cancer, immunotherapy, histotripsy, neuromodulation, and more. The MOOC has also been migrated to a new hosting platform. Read More Register for Focused Ultrasound and Breast Cancer Webinar The Foundation is hosting a free webinar on focused ultrasound for breast cancer. Researchers will discuss using the technology to treat active disease and its potential applications during survivorship. Join us on October 5 at 1:00pm Eastern. Register Now Deadline Approaching to Submit Focused Ultrasound and ALS Research Proposals The Foundation and The ALS Association have partnered to advance transformational treatments for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Up to $1 million in funding will support research projects that address critical questions to treat patients with ALS. The deadline to apply is October 2. Learn More & Apply Forwarded this email by a friend? Sign up to receive these emails here. And Don’t Miss Explore the State of the Field Report | New User-Friendly Webpage Highlights 13 Chapters Deadline Extended: The Andrew J. Lockhart Postdoctoral Fellowship in Focused Ultrasound and Immuno-Oncology | Learn More and Apply Research Funding Opportunities | Read the Latest Government Bioscience Grants Report from G2G Consulting See Recent News Events September 26-29, 2023 European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (ESHO) 35th Annual Meeting, Cologne, Germany October 9-11, 2023 AdvaMed – The MedTech Conference 2023, Anaheim, CA, USA October 11-14, 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2023, Seattle, Washington, USA See All Upcoming Events Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it! “Our ultimate goal as a Foundation is to improve clinical outcomes and decrease the cost of care for patients. This starts with identifying and standardizing the best targeting practices.” ‒ Matt Eames, PhD