August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
Gabrielle A. deVeber, MD, MHSc
Dr. Gabrielle deVeber is Director of the Children’s Stroke Program, and a Pediatric
Neurologist in the Division of Neurology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Canada. She is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist,
Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program at the Hospital for Sick Children Research
Institute. Her research focusses on stroke in newborns and children, defining the
frequency, causes, treatments and outcomes of pediatric stroke. She initiated and
directs several large multi-centre collaborative studies including the Canadian
Pediatric Ischemic Stroke Registry and International Pediatric Stroke Study (IPSS),
a large international study of childhood stroke with over 2500 enrolled children
at over 35 enrolling centers spanning 18 countries in Asia, Europe, North and South
America. The central organization and database reside at SickKids. In 2009, National
Institutes of Health (NIH) funded G. deVeber as dual Principal Investigator with
H. Fullerton in the USA to study childhood infection and stroke within the IPSS
in a 7 year study.
APPLICATIONS DUE BY 3/26/2010
ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TUITION AND EXPENSES
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Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
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