After Bologna- What can we do?
I like this idea. We need to get a pamphlet designed with all the most relevant information. Any marketing people in the house? =)javaneen wrote:We should all make flyers and put them on people's car at everyone's local MS walk. I know I participate in the MS walk every year and there is always a flyer on my car when I leave with info about MS. We could make flyers with links to youtube video's and facebook sites...and of course TIMS. I really think that would get the word out to people with MS very quickly.
Perhaps the MS Society is the place to really push - charged as it is by its supporting members with seeking a cure. It has local chapters where we can push from ground-up recognition and sesearch. Get letters published in their publications. Contact board members. Encourage them to spend the money they receive on investigating CCSVI and not just EAE model studies, etc.
Why no mention of CCSVI here? http://www.nationalmssociety.org/resear ... index.aspxOne way the National MS Society propels MS research forward is by funding high-risk, high-potential pilot projects to investigate new, untested ideas and attract new researchers to the field. These unique one-year grants allow researchers to quickly gather data needed to determine if their novel ideas are worth pursuing. A researcher who submits a pilot research proposal will receive fast-track reviews and approvals to speed the testing of new ideas.
* One-year grants for $33,000 (as of summer 2008)
* Any topic or technique relevant to MS research
* Quick turnaround: applicants usually know within 2 months if they will receive funds
* Pilots attract new talent: About half of pilot grant recipients are new to National MS Society funding
* Over 70 funded each year (We have temporarily suspended new applications to this program while it is being evaluated to ensure it is meeting the changing needs of the research community.)