International Journal of Stroke: Podcast Series

Simeon Dale

Simeon Dale is the Clinical Project Coordinator, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s & Mater Health Sydney and School of Nursing (NSW & ACT), and National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research (NaCCOR), Australian Catholic University and she spoke to Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke at the Stroke Society Australasia meeting 2014, Hamilton Island. 

Craig Anderson at SSA 2014

Prof. Craig Anderson, Professor of Stroke Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience Medicine, The George Institute for Global Health spoke to Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke at the Stroke Society Australasia 2014 in hamilton Island. 

Chung Y. Hsu

This podcast is an interview with the esteemed stroke researcher and clinician Dr. Chung Y. Hsu. He was interviewed by Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke.  

Dr. Chung Y. Hsu is the CEO of the China Medical University Healthcare System, and Chair Professor at China Medical University. Dr. Hsu received a number of academic achievement awards in the US, including NIH-NINDS Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award; NIH-NINDS Teacher-Investigator Development Award; Vivian L. Smith Foundation Distinguished Research Award; Taiwanese-American Foundation Award, 1997. He was the chair of 12 NIH special committees or review teams and 2 American Heart Association review committees and Washington University PI in 32 multi-center or multinational clinical trials in stroke.

Dr. Hsu’s key appointments include President of Taipei Medical University (2002 – 2008), President of Taiwan Neuroscience Society, President of Taiwan Stroke Society. He was the PI of the Department of Health Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence for Stroke and Traumatic Head Injury at Taipei Medical University (2006 – 2010) and is the PI of the Department of Health Clinical Trial and Research Center of Excellence for Stroke at China Medical University. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Health Research Institute, Taiwan. and Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI). Dr. Hsu has been serving as the Chair of the Review Committee for the IBMI Symbol of National Quality Awards for hospitals and clinics.

He also served as the Chair of the Review Committee for the Taipei Biotechnology Awards in 2006 and 2009. Dr. Hsu established the Taiwan Stroke Registry which is currently the second largest stroke registry database in the world and a study that assessed 30,599 stroke admissions in 38 hospitals island wide between 2006 and 2008. Dr. Hsu has published more than 290 research articles including those that appeared in Science, JAMA and other top journals and served as editor or co-editor of 5 monographs on stroke and related neurovascular disorders.

Maree Hackett AFFINITY Trial

Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke caught up with Marree Hackett, Head of the Mental Health and Chronic Disease Program at The George Institute and discussed the AFFINITY trial at this years Stroke Society Australasia Meeting in Hamilton Island. 

Ken Butcher Imaging SSA

Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of IJS and Ken Butcher, stroke researcher met at SSA and discussed facets of imaging and it's impact on stroke research and clinical application.  

Ken Butcher NOACS SSA

IJS recently attend the Stroke Society Australasia meeting in Hamilton Island, Managing Editor Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins grabbed a quick podcast interview with stroke researcher and clinician Ken Butcher talking about novel anticoagulants.      

Andrei Alexandrov Stroke Society of Australasia (SSA) 2014

Professor Andrei Alexandrov Keynote speaker at the Stroke Society Australasia Meeting gives a synopsis of his presentation in this podcast interview. 

Hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: current status and future directions

 I’m Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor for the IJS. The following podcast interview with Dr Hermann Neugebauer is based on the article Hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: current status and future directions published in the June, 2014 Edition of IJS.

 

Validation of the Totaled Heath Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score for outcome prediction in endovascular stroke treatment

The following podcast interview is with Dr. Alexander Flint one of the authors of the Validation of the Totaled Heath Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score for outcome prediction in endovascular stroke treatment published in the January 2014 edition of IJS.  

The THRIVE score was developed to predict outcomes after endovascular stroke treatment. The THRIVE score, which incorporates age, NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, and hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atrial fibrillation), was developed using data from the MERCI and Multi MERCI Trials.