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  • Published on April 3, 2025 - 15:45 GMT

    PANDAS Physicians Network Awards Funding to the Agalliu Lab for Immune Mediated OCD, PANDAS/PANS Research

    This research will provide important insights into how the immune system and inflammation affect brain function, particularly in children with PANDAS/PANS. MOORESVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, April 3, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The PANDAS Physicians Network is pleased to award funding to the Agalliu Lab in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. This award will enhance our understanding of how the adaptive and innate immune systems contribute to post-infectious sequelae in …

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  • Published on March 26, 2025 - 14:52 GMT

    Urgent Appeal to the AAP Regarding its Clinical Report on Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome

    The recommendations published in the AAP’s PANS Clinical Report will result in adverse health outcomes for children impacted by PANS and PANDAS. MOORESVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- PANDAS Physicians Network (PPN) is urging the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to provide pediatricians with up-to-date evidence-based guidelines and actionable steps for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating children experiencing abrupt and dramatic neuropsychiatric symptoms. The AAP’s …

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  • Published on January 23, 2025 - 14:00 GMT

    PPN Awards Research Funding to Advance the Understanding of PANS/PANDAS

    MOORESVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, January 23, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- PANDAS Physicians Network is proud to announce the recipients of research awards, both whose work will advance the understanding of Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS). Our first award recipient is Dr. Chandra Menendez, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of …

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  • Published on December 31, 2024 - 17:32 GMT

    PPN Awards Funding to Develop and Evaluate PANS/PANDAS Clinical Assessment

    MOORESVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, December 31, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- PANDAS Physicians Network (PPN) is proud to award $50,000 to Dr. Lauren Breithaupt, Assistant Professor, Director Peripheral-brain Interactions Neuropsychiatry Center at Harvard Medical School, for her work in the development and evaluation of a clinical assessment of Pediatric Autoimmune and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS). Dr. …

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  • Published on May 24, 2024 - 15:08 GMT

    AAP Update Needed: Abrupt and dramatic onset of OCD symptoms warrant strep test

    AAP must update the Red Book® to include testing for strep when a child has an abrupt and dramatic onset of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder MOORESVILLE, NC, USA, May 24, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The PANDAS Physicians Network is calling on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to update the recently published guidelines for Group A Streptococcal (GAS) testing in the Red Book® to include testing when a child presents with an abrupt and dramatic onset of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The AAP needs …

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  • Published on April 16, 2024 - 12:30 GMT

    PANDAS Physicians Network Welcomes Dritan Agalliu, PhD to the Scientific Advisory Board

    PPN expands its Scientific Advisory Board by welcoming Dr Dritan Agalliu, Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neurology at Columbia University MOORESVILLE, NC, USA, April 16, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- PANDAS Physicians Network, a Division of the Foundation for Brain Science and Immunology, welcomes Dritan Agalliu, PhD to the PPN Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Agalliu is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neurology with tenure at Columbia University Irving …

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  • Published on October 3, 2023 - 12:51 GMT

    PANS/PANDAS 25th Anniversary: Looking Back. Looking Forward.

    PANS/PANDAS: The discovery, challenges, and future of a disorder that will revolutionize the field of mental health. MOORESVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, October 3, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Twenty-five years ago, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) published the first paper documenting children who experienced an acute and dramatic onset of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder associated with a Group Strep A infection. In the landmark paper “Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated …

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