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International DAISY Award Winner 2023

The winner of the 1st Daisy Award for International Neuroscience Nurse Leadership is Margo Simon, BSN, RN, CPN. Margo is the Program Coordinator for the comprehensive movement disorder and spasticity clinic and the deep brain stimulator clinic at Children’s Mercy...

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Concussion, a book worth reading!

Nigerian American forensic pathologist Bennett Omalu changed the game when he uncovered large quantities of Tau proteins in the brains of American football players who had repeatedly suffered mild traumatic injury while playing football. His self financed work has...

Think Brain Health

The WFNN is committed to partnering with other national and international organizations to improve neurological health. Think Brain Health is an international initiative aimed at reducing the burden of degenerative neurological disease through education and sharing...

WFNN Congress is 2021 cancelled

The WFNN executive board has been carefully following the COVID-19 crisis and its' impact to our member nations. Given the global nature of our organization, rapidly evolving health concerns and travel restrictions, we have decided that it is neither prudent or...

WFNN Congress 2021

To all our neuroscience colleagues. Just to let everyone know that our Darwin Congress in June 2021 is now live and the abstracts are open for submission! We look forward to to seeing everyone in beautiful Darwin. Connect on the Congress link for more information....

WFNN Covid 19

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we want to give thanks to the incredible front-line workers that are providing care to our friends, our colleagues and our families during this pandemic. It is amazing to see the incredible dedication and the stories of how...

WFNN Congress 2021

Our WFNN 13thg Congress is in beautiful Darwin Australia in July 2021. We are very excited to be in such a great city, great weather and even better planned activities The Congress site goes live April 1st 2020, so get your abstracts ready!

A tribute to Sharryn Byers

I first met Sharryn Byers when we were both Neurosurgical NUMs in the late ‘80’s. I reached out to her to help me establish a Sydney Neurosurgical Nursing Unit Manager’s Group - we started with lunch! Not long after that first lunch, we met again in the back of a taxi...

WFNN call for a President-Elect

The WFNN Executive Board is seeking a new President to lead the organization. Our current President Christi DeLemos will be stepping down in 2021. The new President Elect will be inducted during the upcoming World Congress in Darwin 2021. The successful candidate will...