# 12th International Hershey Conference- Early Brain Injury and Repair

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2020 · $24,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury was started in 1997 and has grown to a popular, well
attended, yet still small, international conference of physician-scientists and basic scientists, with a high
number of trainees. The 2020 12th Hershey Conference will return to Europe and will be organized by Drs.
Henrik Hagberg, Carina Mallard from Sweden and Drs. Ferriero and Vannucci from the US. We are applying
for support from NIH primarily to fund attendance for junior investigators and trainees. The overall goal of the
proposed meeting is to bring together an international group of clinical and basic scientists involved in research
pertaining to brain injury and regeneration in developing animals and humans.
The approach remains the same as previously and has four objectives:
1) The mentoring of trainees and junior colleagues with the specific goal of keeping them engaged in
academics
2) The strengthening of existing collaborations and the promotion of novel collaborations especially with
investigators from outside the field
3) Exploration of specific areas where there are gaps in our current knowledge
4) Identification of advanced techniques that will rapidly move the field forward
Therefore, the objective of this R13 is to provide the necessary continued support of trainees and junior faculty.
Extensive participation of trainees, both from US and abroad, has been a hallmark of the Hershey Conference.
Trainees, both MD and PhD, constitute 30-50% of all participants. This meeting has been an excellent
opportunity for informal interaction between trainees and the leaders in the field as well as a mechanism for
post-doctoral and visiting scientist recruitment. Thus, a specific aim of this R13 is to promote trainee and junior
faculty participation and to identify trainees/junior faculty from racial/ethnic minorities and underrepresented
institutions to attend this conference.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9980593
- **Project number:** 1R13NS116790-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Donna M. Ferriero
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $24,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-04-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9980593

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9980593, 12th International Hershey Conference- Early Brain Injury and Repair (1R13NS116790-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9980593. Licensed CC0.

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