The Women in Movement Disorders Special Interest Group: Paving the way

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In February 2021, the MDS approved the request of the creation of the Women in Movement Disorders Special Interest Group (SIG). This application came from a group of movement disorders specialist women who wanted to create a network of women sharing the same passion for movement disorders.

The Steering Committee has established an action plan with short-, intermediate- and long-term goals and activities.  

In addition, at the first SIG meeting during the MDS International Congress in Madrid, more than 100 attendees engaged in person and online in an exciting dialogue about possible future activities. In the next year, the plan is to publish regular newsletters on the webpage and Facebook, to work together with the LEAP program, to have another webinar, to establish a database of women researchers in MD, and to connect with other societies sharing the same interests and objectives.  

The group is planning to meet virtually before summer and in person in Copenhagen during the MDS International Congress. New ideas are welcome and personal engagement to foster the group activities is needed too.  Everyone supporting our ideas as mentioned above or adding new ideas for women in MD is welcome to join! 

Contributors  

On behalf of the SIG Steering Committee:  

Elena Moro, Yih-R Wu, Lelia Ali, Melissa Armstrong, Tamine Capato, Deepa Dash, Susan Fox, Regina Katzenschlager, Francesca Morgante, Claudia Trenkwalder and Ericka Blackford 

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