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Registration Now Open for Spring CLU
Register for the National Lipid Association’s Spring Clinical Lipid Update February 24–26, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Don’t miss featured sessions on: New Paradigms for Cardiovascular Prevention, Familial Combined Hypercholesterolemia, and many more. Make sure to check lipid.org/springclu for updated agenda information and to register.
NLA Call for Abstracts
The NLA is accepting abstracts for the 2017 Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, May 18–21, 2017, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. This is your opportunity to submit your science for inclusion in the NLA’s 2017 Poster Hall. In addition, new this year, the NLA will be featuring digital ePosters in the Poster Hall. The deadline to submit your abstract is Janusry 30, 2017. Visit lipid.org/abstracts for more information and to submit.
Newly Updated NLA-SAP Now Available
The NLA recently finalized the updated NLA Self-Assessment Program (NLA-SAP), which is now available for purchase. The updated program improves on the already existing NLA product that will continue to enhance your clinical knowledge of the core curriculum in clinical lipidology as well as challenge your problem-solving skills in the diagnosis and management of patients with dyslipidemia. For more information, and to purchase the NLASAP, visit lipid.org/education/nlasap.
Junior Faculty Research Award
The NLA is now accepting applications for the NLA Junior Faculty Research Award. The purpose of the award is to provide salary support to a university or institution to encourage scholarly advancement of junior faculty (qualifying faculty within the first 7 years of their career) in the pursuit of a career related to hyperlipidemia and other lipid disorders in humans. The NLA will fund eligible institutions to provide two years’ salary support for those actively involved in clinical and/or basic science that provides promise of developing new information in fields of study that could advance the diagnosis and management of lipid disorders. The awards will be to support two individual investigators; one with research focused in pre-clinical and basic science and the second with focus on clinical research and will be referred to as the NLA Basic Science Research Award and the NLA Clinical Lipidology Research Award. For more information, and to apply, visit lipid.org/researchaward.
Foundation Releases FCS Cookbook
As part of the recent launch of the RADAR Campaign (RADAR: RAre Disease AwaReness), the Foundation of the National Lipid Association released a digital cookbook featuring recipes geared toward the patient with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS). The recipes included in the cookbook are lowto no-fat options offering a variety of healthy alternatives that are tasty and flavorsome! In addition to the cookbook, tearsheets and other patient resources were created to help improve the identification and management of rare lipid disorders. You can find those resources, as well as the cookbook, at learnyourlipids.com.
NLA Member Featured in RDR
Rare Disease Report (RDR) recently published an article from an interview with Alan Brown, MD, about familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS). Dr. Brown’s interview discusses the difficulty of diagnosing FCS and the impact it has on quality of life. To view this article, visit raredr.com/news/living-with-familialchylomicronemia- syndrome.
IAS Visiting Fellowship Opportunities
The International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) is accepting applications for their Visiting Fellowship Award. Any member of IAS who is actively engaged in research in the field of cardiovascular disease, has an MD/PhD or equivalent, and who is 40 years old or less, may apply. The application deadline is January 31, 2017. For more information, visit athero.org.
NLA Mentoring Program
Join the NLA Mentoring Program as a mentor or mentee! This program was established to help develop the next generation of clinical, academic, and administrative leaders in lipidology. For more information, visit lipid. org/education/trainees/mentoring or contact Amanda East at aeast@lipid.org.
Check Out the Latest ReachMD Recordings
Lipid Luminations host, Alan Brown, MD, welcomed several guests at the NLA’s 2016 Fall CLU in Amelia Island, Fla. this past August. Visit lipid.org/communications/reachmd to hear the lastest from Robert Kloner, MD; Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff, PharmD; and Dave Dixon, PharmD; and much more.
Certification in Lipidology
Preparing to become certified in lipidology through either the American Board of Clinical Lipidology or Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology? The deadline to apply for the Fall testing window is Sept. 16. Applications must be postmarked by this date. For more information, visit lipid.org/education/ certification or contact Nicole Woodsmall at nwoodsmall@lipid.org.