What the Child Neurology Foundation is Doing to Make a Difference

Founded in October 2000, the Child Neurology Foundation was created as the outreach and philanthropic arm of the Child Neurology Society. Members of the Child Neurology Society include more than 1,300 child neurologists from the U.S. and Canada, as well as more than 30 other countries around the world.

• Advocate for children and adolescents with neurologic and developmental disorders
• Fund neurologic research of young investigators
• Promote awareness of career opportunities in child neurology
• Provide public, professional, and patient education programs
• Support the activities and mission of the Child Neurology Society

"The Child Neurology Society is a group of most of the child neurologists in the country, most of whom have been trained and Board certified. The Child Neurology Foundation was founded to expand the reach of the Child Neurology Society to help in education and to support research. The CNF also serves as an organization that can interact with pharmaceutical companies and instrument companies to develop funding opportunities for pediatric neurology research." John Bodensteiner, MD

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Research

As part of its mission, the Child Neurology Foundation is furthering scientific research of a number of childhood neurologic diseases, including infantile spasms. In 2009, the CNF received funding for an Infantile Spasms (IS) Scientific Fund. This important scientific research fund will directly support the work of a researcher who will commit to exploring and advancing the understanding of IS. This type of important research has the potential to improve the outcomes of IS patients in years to come.