2021 ISSLS Prize Winners
Congratulations to this year's winners of the ISSLS Prize for Lumbar Spine Research. Professor Björn Rydevik, Chair of the ISSLS Prize Committee said that the Committee was impressed with the quality of this year's entries and that the competition was extremely strong.
The 2021 ISSLS Prize winners can be found here (Link to ISSLS Prize page
URL: https://www.issls.org/the-issls-prize-for-lumbar-spine-research/
Officers and Committees - Positions Vacant – 2021 (Members Only)
The Nominating Committee requests suggestions for positions vacant in 2021:
2nd Vice-President, Fellowship Committee, Program Committee, Membership Committee, Scientific Representative
Regional representatives:
Asia Pacific
Western US
Please send your suggestions to fiona.strain@issls.org by February 3, 2021
URL: https://www.issls.org/nominating-procedures.php?previewpage=82287
Nominate someone for the ISSLS Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award
ISSLS sponsors an annual award for exceptional achievement in the spinal field.
The nominee should be an outstanding scientist, clinician, or basic science researcher who has made a major contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field of spinal disorders.
URL: https://www.issls.org/issls-wiltse-lifetime-achievement-award.php
ISSLS Annual meeting 2021 goes virtual
Instead of the traditional in-person meeting which was planned to take place in Milan next year, we will be hosting an ISSLS Virtual conference for 2021.
Planning for this virtual conference is currently underway and more details will be available soon.
Did you miss the 2020 ISSLS Prize Winners webinar
Did you miss the ISSLS Prize webinar or wish to view it again? Now you have the chance to listen to the presentations and you can also contact the presenters via e-mail if you wish to ask questions or discuss the papers.
The reliability and interpretability of score change in lumbar spine research
Catharina Parai, Olle Hägg, Bengt Lind, Helena Brisby, Sweden
Contact info: catharina.parai@spinecenter.se
Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study
Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim B. Freidin, Frances M.K. Williams, Yurii Aulchenko, Pradeep Suri,
Contact info: pradeepsuri1@gmail.com
Beyond microstructure: circumferential specialization within the lumbar intervertebral disc annulus extends to collagen nanostructure, with counterintuitive relationships to macroscal material properties
Tyler W Herod, Sam P. Veres, Canada
Contact info: Sam.Veres@smu.ca
URL: https://www.issls.org/webinar-2020-issls-prize-winners.php
Josef Assheuer 1941-2020
Josef Assheuer has been a member of ISSLS since 1992 and he contributed with important perspectives to the multidisciplinary nature of the ISSLS, as a clinician-scientist in radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and most recently as a co-chair of the ISSLS Degenerative Spinal Phenotypes Focus Group.
Raghu Natarajan 1940-2020
Read his obituary here
