Rare Disease Day is the globally-coordinated movement on rare diseases, working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with a rare disease.

Since its creation in 2008, Rare Disease Day has played a critical part in building an international rare disease community that is multi-disease, global, and diverse– but united in purpose.

Rare Disease Day is observed every year on 28 February (or 29 in leap years)—the rarest day of the year.

Events celebrating this day will be posted here as we get closer to the day: Rare Disease Day 

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Join us in Denver, Colorado, from November 5-9! Over the course of 5 days, the meeting will cover a broad spectrum of topics including new technologies, applications, and research to showcase the most compelling genetics and genomics science of the year. We hope to see you there!

For any questions please contact us at: meetings@ashg.org

Register for 53rd Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. This highly anticipated event is a must-attend for members seeking to stay at the forefront of advancements in child neurology. With diverse educational sessions, unparalleled networking opportunities, and cutting-edge research presentations, this meeting promises to be an invaluable experience for professional growth and collaboration.

Each year, scientists from around the world congregate to discover new ideas, their research, and experience the best the field has to offer. Attend so you can: present research, network with scientists, attend session and events, and browse the exhibit hall.

Join the nearly half a million neuroscientists from around the world who have propelled their careers by presenting an abstract at an SfN annual meeting — the premier global neuroscience event.

Visit the SFN website for details.

SAve the date for the 2025 Annual Meeting next November in San Diego, CA.

Registration is open.  Join the Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience center’s fifth research symposium, entitled “Paving the Path: Therapeutic Development Readiness for Rare Neurogenetic Disorders” on Monday, September 23, 2024 at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. Please visit the RSZ TNC website for more details.

his spring the RSZ TNC is offering a short lecture series on preclinical drug discovery for the neuroscience community. Neuroscience drug discovery requires expertise from several disciplines represented by speakers in this series. It is intended to give translational neuroscientists at all career stages insight into the drug discovery process from experts part of the local pharmaceutical and biotechnology ecosystem.

The American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of neurologists and neuroscience professionals and offers top-tier education, the latest in scientific discoveries, and an abundance of opportunities to connect with friends and colleagues from around the globe.

Learn about the latest core resources available to you through the IDDRC, from disease identification to drug discovery.

Featured Cores:

• Animal Behavior and Physiology Core
• Cellular Imaging Core
• Gene Analysis and Editing Core (part of the Molecular Genetics Core and Mouse Gene Manipulation Core)
• Human Neuron Core

Open to all BCH-wide and HMS investigators

REGISTER TODAY!

Sponsored by the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

Scientists from around the world will congregate at Neuroscience 2023 to discover new ideas, share their research, and experience the best the field has to offer.

At Neuroscience 2023, you will have the opportunity to present research, network with scientists, attend session and events, and browse the exhibit hall. Virtual posters will be available Thursday, November 2–Friday, December 15.

Save the Date for the Child Neurology Society 52nd Annual Meeting to take place this year in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Visit the website with important registration, abstract submission and travel information.

The National Organization for Rare Diseases’ annual event is at the intersection of research, drug development, policy, and care.  Industry executives, patient advocacy leaders, researchers, and government partners come together to demonstrate and strengthen their commitments to creating a brighter future for rare patients.

The AUCD Conference brings together more than 1,100 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, community leaders, and students. This annual event promotes innovative thinking designed to launch disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level.

The next installment of the NINDS “Challenges in Pediatric Neuroscience Research Webinar Series” will be on May 12 from 2-3 PM ET. This episode will be about remote neuropsychological assessments and features an interview with Heather Hazlett from the UNC IDDRC.

Dr. Heather Hazlett, University of North Carolina, is a licensed psychologist with a background in child neuropsychology and with research interests in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Registration is now open for American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting.  Follow link below for details.

“Music and the Brain: from Health to Healing.” This full-day event will take place on Friday, January 20, 2022 from 9am-6pm. The program will focus on how music can elicit emotion, guide movement, and promote social inclusion particularly for individuals with ASD.  Music and the Brain has been organized by Drs. Michela Fagiolini and Takao Hensch, together with the Conte Center at Harvard and the Berklee School of Music. 

The BCH Infantile Spasms (IS) Symposium will be a one-day gathering bringing together the clinical and research efforts related to IS from BCH and the Greater Boston area.  Boston Children’s Hospital through the Infantile Epileptic Spams Program and other research groups have been at the forefront of the outstanding clinical care and research productivity related to IESS. On October 11th these groups will come together for a symposium to explore the prospects of coordinating our collective efforts more closely to improve outcomes of babies with infantile epileptic spasms.

For more information and registration details follow the link below.

Save the Date for the Child Neurology Society 51st Annual Meeting to take place this year at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.  For more information visit:  CNS – Annual Meeting

The Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center (RSZ TNC) at Boston Children’s Hospital will host its symposium entitled Gene Therapy for Pediatric Neurological Disorders on Tuesday, October 18th 2022.
Please save the date.