Listen to the latest updates on cutting-edge projects from MS researchers. You can listen now or download MP3 files to your computer to listen to at your convenience. Each update runs approximately 45 minutes.
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2013 Research Update with Members of the Research Leadership Team |
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Presented 3/28/2013
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Dr. Timothy Coetzee, PHD , is the Society’s Chief Research Officer. Dr. Bruce Bebo, PHD , is the Society’s AVP of Discovery Research in the Research Programs Department. Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is the Society’s AVP of Healthcare Delivery. |
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Fellowships: Attracting & Retaining Talent in MS Research and Care |
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Presented 11/9/2011
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Philip L. De Jager, MD, PhD is the Steven R. and Kathleen P. Haley Distinguished Chair for the Neurosciences at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and is an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is the director for basic and translational research at the Neurosciences Institute of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Jennifer Stark, PhD is the National MS Society’s Director of Research Training Programs, overseeing several postdoctoral fellowship programs. Ms. Kate Milliken is a film and television producer and founder of Milligrace Productions, a company specializing in 12-15 minute personal documentaries. |
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MS Progression Research Call |
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Presented 9/13/2011
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Howard Weiner, MD, PhD is the Robert L. Kroc Professor of Neurology, Director and Founder of Partners in MS Center, and Co-Director of the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Dr. Weiner is the author of Curing MS: How Science is Solving the Mystery of Multiple Sclerosis, which chronicles the history of MS, his more than 30 years in the research and clinical treatment of MS and details his ‘21 point hypothesis’ on the etiology and treatment of MS. Among other research efforts, Dr. Weiner is currently conducting a study focusing on many risk factors associated with MS progression. Dr. LaRocca is the National MS Society’s Vice President of Health Care Delivery and Policy Research. He organized a Task Force on Epidemiology to help define the Society’s research priorities in epidemiology and has worked with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a future national registry of people with MS. |
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Meet Dr. Timothy Coetzee, Society Chief Research Officer |
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Presented 3/24/2010 |
Ms. Kate Milliken is a film and television producer and founder of Milligrace Productions, a company specializing in 12-15 minute personal documentaries. Dr. Coetzee has assumed responsibility of the Society’s research program which funds more than 375 projects around the world. In this role, he will continue oversight of the Fast Forward initiative which accelerates the development of new treatments for people with MS. |
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Vitamin D and Other Risk Factors in MS and MS Progression |
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Presented 9/14/2010
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Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH is a Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Colleen Hayes, PhD is Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is the National MS Society’s Vice President of Health Care Delivery and Policy Research. |
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New MS Research and Drug Developments, including Highlights from the AAN Meetings |
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Presented 5/20/2010
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Stephen Krieger, MD is an attending physician at the Corrine Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai Hospital and is Assistant Professor of Neurology.
Dr. Patricia O’Looney has been with the National MS Society since 1988. She currently serves as Vice President of Biomedical Research, directing and overseeing the administration of the Society’s biomedical research funding programs. |
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Advancements in the Role of Genetics |
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Presented 4/20/2010
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Dr. David Hafler is the Gilbert H. Glaser Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and is the Neurologist-in-Chief of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Patricia O’Looney serves as Vice President of Biomedical Research, directing and overseeing the administration of the Society’s biomedical research funding programs. |
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Recent Results from the International MS Genetics Consortium |
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Presented 4/19/2010
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Dr. Patricia O’Looney serves as Vice President of Biomedical Research, directing and overseeing the administration of the Society’s biomedical research funding programs.
Dr. David Hafler is the Gilbert H. Glaser Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine and is the Neurologist-in-Chief of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. |
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Promise: 2010 Nervous System Repair & Protection |
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Presented 3/23/2010
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Dr. Peter Calabresi is Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center. Dr. Patricia O’Looney is Vice President of Biomedical Research, directing and overseeing the administration of the Society’s biomedical research funding programs. |
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Fast Forward |
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Presented 2/23/2010
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Dr. Timothy Coetzee is President of Fast Forward, LLC. Mr. Michael Richman is President & Chief Executive Officer of Amplimmune, Inc. Mr. Jamey Power was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and serves as Campaign Co-Chair for the Fast Forward Campaign. |
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State of Society and MS Research |
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Presented 2/8/2010
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Dr. John Richert is former Executive Vice President for Research and Clinical Programs at the Society. Dr. Richard Rudick is both Director of the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research and Vice Chairman of Research and Development at the Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. |
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Pediatric MS |
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Presented 12/14/09
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Dr. Ann Yeh is Co-Director of the Pediatric MS and Demyelinating Disorders Center of Excellence at SUNY Buffalo. The Flaherty family has been navigating the complexities of pediatric MS since their young daughter first became ill in July of 2006. |
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Rehabilitation Fellowship & the Research it Will Advance |
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Presented 11/17/09
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Fay Horak, PhD, PT, is Professor in the Department of Neurology and Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University; Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is Vice President of HealthCare Delivery and Policy Research for the National MS Society. |
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Gender Differences in MS |
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Presented 7/22/09
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Dr. John Richert, Executive VP of Research & Clinical Programs at the National MS Society; Caroline C. Whitacre, Ph.D. is Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Ohio State University. |
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Collaboration in MS Research |
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Presented 6/23/09
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Dr. Patricia O’Looney, VP, Biomedical Research, National MS Society; Dr. David Hafler, Professor of Neurology at Harvard, and Dr. Jim Salzer, Professor of Cell Biology and Neurology at New York University. |
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MS Treatments on the Horizon |
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Presented 5/20/09
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Dr. Richard Rudick, Professor of Medicine and Chair of Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic; Dr. Patricia O’Looney, VP, Biomedical Research, National MS Society. |
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Triggers and Risk Factors Related to MS |
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Presented 4/16/09
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Dr. Helen Tremlett, an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Nicholas LaRocca is Vice President of Health Care Delivery and Policy Research. |
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Role of Genetics in MS |
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Presented 3/10/09
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Dr. Sergio Baranzini of the University of California, San Francisco and Dr. Adrian Ivinson of the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center and the International MS Genetics Consortium |
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New Research Projects |
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Presented 2/26/09 |
Dr. Patricia O’Looney, VP, Biomedical Research, National MS Society; Dr. Thomas Lane, University of California, Irvine. Dr. Victor Mark, University of Alabama |
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Promise: 2010: Nervous System Repair & Protection |
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Presented 1/22/09 |
Dr. Patricia O’Looney, VP, Biomedical Research, National MS Society; Dr. Gavin Giovannoni, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Dr. Douglas Kerr, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
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Fast Forward: Speeding Treatments to People with MS |
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Presented 12/4/08 |
Dr. Tim Coetzee, Executive Director of Fast Forward. |