Young Members Group
A forum for up-and-coming movement disorders professionals to advance their careers, network and make an impact in MDS's global voice.
All MDS members who are under age 40 may join the Young Members Group by updating your profile:
Group Mission
The MDS Young Members Group (YMG) will aim to facilitate social bonding, expose young members to the MDS Leadership, and raise awareness as to the extensive high-quality educational opportunities provided by MDS.
Young Member Group Projects
Current:
- The YMG Paper of the Month Project.
- To showcase the excellent work done by young members, the Steering Committee selects one paper published in MDJ or MDCP each month with a young member first or last author. The author is invited to have their work highlighted in Moving Along and on MDS social media as the “Young Member paper of the month.”
- The YMG Society Group Interviews Project
- The Steering Committee facilitated short interviews with the Chairs of various MDS groups at the International Congress in Honolulu. The interviews highlighted groups’ activities and opportunities for Young Members to get involved. The videos will be used to create content for MDS group webpages and to support the call for applications for the 2027-2029 term.
- Promote an annual face-to-face meeting at the MDS International Congress to discuss ongoing and future roles and projects for the group, with oversight by the MDS Education Committee Chairs.
Ongoing Series
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In Development:
- Create and distribute a Fellowship Survey to better understand the diversity of movement disorders training offerings. The results of this survey will by used by MDS to improve fellowship programs and inform the movement disorders community on the status of movement disorders training.
Previous Projects
The Young Members Group conducted a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young members' movement disorders practice. You can read the results in the abstract.
The Young Members Group conducted a survey of Basic Scientists within MDS for their input on promoting engagement by young scientists within MDS. Find the results and recommendations in the abstract.
Annual Business MeetingLearn more about the group's projects and share your ideas at the annual Young Members Group Business Meeting during the International Congress. |
YMG Leadership
The MDS Young Members Group will be governed by the Young Members Committee. The MDS Young Members Committee will have a Chair and a Co-Chair each with two year terms.
Chair: Vanessa Carvalho
Vice-Chair: Yasser Mecheri
Steering Committee
Karlos Acurio
Clément Desjardins
Shelissa Govender
Worlanyo Nyabade
Shweta Prasad
Giorgia Sciacca
Konstantin Senkevich
Sasivimol Virameteekul
MDS Staff Liaison: Andy Prom
Resources for Young Members
Events
Young Delegate Networking Event
Programs
Career Development Badge
LEAP Leadership Program
Fundamentals Course Series
Peer Review Mentoring Program
Jobs, Fellowships & Grants
Visiting Trainee Grants
Joint Fellowship Program for Huntington’s Disease Training
Additional Tools and Materials
Card Activities
The Young Members Group has developed two card activities that challenge your knowledge of movement disorders:
These activites were designed by Sara Schaefer and Ana Vives Rodriguez. Please provide any feedback that you have on the activities here.
Presentations
"How to Become a Successful Movement Disorder Specialist"
A presentation by Prof. Claudia Trenkwalder during the 2017 MDS Congress. View now »
PAS Fellowships
Explore Pan American fellowship opportunities in this brief presentation (PDF) by Prof. Thiago Vale during the 2018 PAS Congress. View now »
Young Members Group Researcher Highlights
Featured research contributions from young members of MDS covered in Moving Along. Selected monthly by the SIG Steering Committee.
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