{"id":25673,"date":"2020-06-04T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/?p=25673"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:42:07","slug":"our-advocacy-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/our-advocacy-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Advocacy Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capitol-bldg-graphic-275x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capitol-bldg-graphic-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Capitol-bldg-graphic.png 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><br \/>\nWe started our advocacy efforts in the late 1990s, representing the patient community at a handful of federally-hosted events. It was not until 2004 that we began to formalize an advocacy strategy when we put the wheels in motion for the first NIH sponsored workshop on hydrocephalus in September of 2005. \u00a0Workshop participants identified critical gaps in research and clinical treatment, developed strategies for improving the level of knowledge and inspired new collaborative opportunities. As an association, we were galvanized to address these issues and formalized both a research initiative and an advocacy initiative. See a timeline of the significant milestones in our work to advocate for more awareness and public research funding for hydrocephalus.<\/p>\n<h2>2024 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA grows the Congressional Pediatric and Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus to 39 members of the U.S. House of Representatives through congressional advocacy and grassroots outreach.<\/li>\n<li>HA hosts two briefings with Caucus Co-chairs, Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), focusing on medical research within the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) and <a href=\"https:\/\/nppact.org\/nppact-first-congressional-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pediatric to adult healthcare transition<\/a>, partnering with 3 other patient advocacy organizations to bring in more than 80 congressional staffers.<\/li>\n<li>HA and other members of the National Partnership for Pediatric to Adult Care Transition (NPPACT) lead a congressional advocacy campaign to include FY 2025 LHHS report language to assess HHS interagency efforts on pediatric to adult transition.<\/li>\n<li>HA facilitates a visit for Congressman Andre Carson\u2019s (IN-07) Chief of Staff and district staff with scientists at the CDMRP-funded IU School of Science, Hydrocephalus Research Center.<\/li>\n<li>HA brings members of the Hydrocephalus Action Network (HAN) to two Capitol Hill advocacy events, including Rare Disease Advocacy Day and Rally for Medical Research.<\/li>\n<li>HA grows the Hydrocephalus Action Network (HAN) to over 800 advocates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2023 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA partners with the Spina Bifida Association (SBA) to create the National Partnership for Pediatric to Adult Care Transition <a href=\"https:\/\/nppact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NPPACT)<\/a> to bring together patient advocacy organizations to advocate for federal programs, investments, and policies, which will help ensure smoother care transitions to support adults living with serious, life-threatening, and disabling conditions that were initially diagnosed, treated, and managed in childhood.<\/li>\n<li>HA hires an Advocacy and Government Relations Manager position to manage grassroots advocacy and congressional outreach for federal issues connected to hydrocephalus.<\/li>\n<li>The Congressional Pediatric and Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus is reconstituted for the 118th Congress by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-37).<\/li>\n<li>HA helps facilitate a dear-colleague appropriations request letter from Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) urging members of the House Appropriations Committee on Defense (HAC-D) to include an individual line item of hydrocephalus research in the DOD\u2019s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2022 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA partners with Congressional Pediatric and Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus Co-chair, Congressman Chris Smith, to provide expertise on the Global Brain Health Act, which would galvanize United States Government programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus and Alzheimer&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2021 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA hosts its third national advocacy day engaging 180 participants taking part in 75 virtual congressional meetings to advocate on behalf of federal policy issues important to the hydrocephalus community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2019 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA hosts a\u00a0<strong>Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus Briefing<\/strong>\u00a0in concert with the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation to introduce new Congressional co-chairs and provide an overview to Congressional staff on the complexity and variability of hydrocephalus in the United States, particularly as it impacts our armed forces.<\/li>\n<li>HA represents the hydrocephalus patient community at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/surveillance\/projects\/nncss\/index.html\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control Neurological Conditions Surveillance System<\/a>\u00a0(NCSS) Stakeholder Summit. The NCSS is a national neurological surveillance system started under the 21st Century Cures Act to track all neurological conditions in the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2018 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA launches the\u00a0<strong>first Hydrocephalus patient registry<\/strong>\u00a0in the United States. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/happier\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">HA Patient Powered Interactive Engagement (HAPPIER)<\/a>\u00a0is an online database collecting the experiences of people living with hydrocephalus in order to identify hydrocephalus research topics and to accelerate hydrocephalus research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2016 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pu-sh.org\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PUSH! Global Alliance<\/a>\u00a0launches Global Report Cards to provide country-level information on hydrocephalus and spina bifida prevention efforts, access to care, quality of life, and availability of prevalence and mortality data.<\/li>\n<li>HA hosts a\u00a0<strong>Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus Briefing<\/strong>\u00a0in concert with the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation focused on the importance of research and the need for a patient registry. Experts from Autism Speaks and Johns Hopkins Medicine join the speaking panel.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bonnie Blazer-Yost, Professor of Biology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Dr. Jerold Chung, Professor in the Degenerative Disease Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, are awarded the\u00a0<strong>first Department of Defense research grants<\/strong>\u00a0totaling over $2,000,000 respectively through the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2015 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA Board Member, Tessa van der Willigen, joins the Executive Board of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pu-sh.org\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PUSH! Global Alliance<\/a>\u00a0under the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.<\/li>\n<li>HA nominates two individuals to serve as peer reviewers for hydrocephalus research grants submitted to the\u00a0<strong>Department of Defense\u2019s Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)<\/strong>\u00a0portfolio. Annually HA continues to add patient reviewers to the panel to assure the patient voice is at the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2014 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA kicks off the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/get-involved\/advocacy\/hydrocephalus-action-network\/\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\"><strong>Hydrocephalus Action Network<\/strong><\/a>, a volunteer network of individuals from the hydrocephalus community who have stepped forward to take action with elected officials.<\/li>\n<li>HA hosts a\u00a0<strong>Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus Briefing<\/strong>\u00a0with the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation in concert with the Rally for Medical Research to provide an overview of hydrocephalus and the individuals impacted to Congressional staff.<\/li>\n<li>On December 14, 2014, President Obama signs the Omnibus bill which has the inclusion of Hydrocephalus on the list of conditions eligible for funding under the\u00a0<strong>Department of Defense\u2019s Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2013 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Initial work is begun on the development of an\u00a0<strong>Advocacy Steering Committee<\/strong>\u00a0within the association, chartered to drive the association\u2019s strategy around its advocacy efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HA joins a number of like-minded coalitions<\/strong>, which help us to leverage our efforts with a broader reach and stronger voice. HA works with these coalitions to\u00a0<strong>promote the importance of NIH-sponsored research<\/strong>, resulting in a less devastating impact of sequestration on NIH budgets for brain research.<\/li>\n<li>HA advocates for the inclusion of hydrocephalus on the list of conditions eligible for funding under the\u00a0<strong>Department of Defense\u2019s Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)<\/strong>. Because of partisan battles within Congress over other issues, the language included in a bill passed by the House of Representatives was not included in the final DOD Appropriations bill passed by a conference committee of both the House and Senate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2012 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We hold our\u00a0<strong>second National Advocacy Day<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/2012\/07\/hydrocephalus-association-brings-its-message-to-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Climbing Capitol Hill for a Cure<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0in Washington, DC. Over 220 individuals personally touched by hydrocephalus visit 96 congressional offices. Our inaugural Public Service Awards are presented to Representatives Andrews, DeLauro, and Lance.<\/li>\n<li>HA formally partners with the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcrn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(<acronym title=\"Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network\">HCRN)<\/acronym>, a collaboration of multiple research institutions working to dramatically improve the lives of children suffering from hydrocephalus. HCRN\u2019s current organization consists of a central data coordinating center, and seven (7) research centers at high-patient-volume pediatric hospitals in North America.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cHydrocephalus\u201d is included as a category in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/report.nih.gov\/categorical_spending.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">NIH RePORTER<\/a><\/strong>, making hydrocephalus funding dollars by the government transparent to the public.<\/li>\n<li>Our\u00a0<strong>Research Conference<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/hydrocephalus-research\/research-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\"><em>Opportunities in Hydrocephalus Research: Pathways to Better Outcomes<\/em><\/a>, co-sponsored by NIH and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>\u00a0is held in Seattle, WA. The conference brings together the leading medical and scientific professionals involved in hydrocephalus treatment and research.<\/li>\n<li>Our<strong>\u00a0headquarters move to Bethesda, MD<\/strong>, to\u00a0support our current growth initiative, which includes expanding our advocacy\u00a0and research initiatives while continuing our core services of providing support and education.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydroassoc.org\/about-the-hydrocephalus-association\/the-staff-of-the-hydrocephalus-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">New staff members<\/a>\u00a0join the HA team.<\/li>\n<li>We establish a planning task force to develop a\u00a0<strong>specialized clinical research network focusing on adult hydrocephalus,<\/strong>\u00a0modeled after HCRN. The Board votes to provide a seed grant of up to $50,000 to help advance the project and develop the resources for the research data collection effort through the use of a data coordinating center.<\/li>\n<li>Chairman Paul Gross leads the<strong>\u00a0Trans-NIH Hydrocephalus Working Group Meeting<\/strong>\u00a0discussing the NIH level of research support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2011 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA Chairman<strong>\u00a0Paul Gross is appointed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">NIH National Institutes of Neurological Disorders<\/a>\u00a0(NINDS) Advisory Council<\/strong>. The Advisory Council\u00a0advises the Institute on policy and procedures affecting research programs and provides a secondary review for all grant and cooperative agreement applications considered by the Institute for funding.<\/li>\n<li>HA Board sets a formal strategy for\u00a0<a href=\"\/advocate\/\"><strong>Advocacy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0activities.<\/li>\n<li>HA participates in the\u00a0<strong>Congressional Hydrocephalus Caucus Briefing<\/strong>\u00a0conducted in concert with the Pediatric\u00a0Hydrocephalus Foundation and other organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2010 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Our<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Teens Take Charge\u00a0(TTC) program<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0is launched with the\u00a0sponsorship\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medtronic.com\/us-en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Medtronic Foundation<\/a>. The program\u00a0trains teenagers and young adults (and their siblings), who are affected by hydrocephalus, to take charge of the condition and become self-advocates with both health professionals and with their legislators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2009 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"\/about-our-research\/\">Hydrocephalus Research Initiative<\/a>\u00a0is launched,\u00a0<strong>adding the funding and support of research to HA\u2019s mission<\/strong>. $600,000 is raised towards the effort.<\/li>\n<li>House of Representatives passes House Resolution 373\u00a0designating September 2009 as National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2008 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ICD-9 Code for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus issued<\/strong>\u00a0by International Classification of Disease \u2013 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the efforts of the Hydrocephalus Association and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifebridgehealth.org\/Main\/MichaelAWilliamsMD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Dr. Michael Williams<\/a>. ICD Codes are published by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/classifications\/icd\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">World Health Organization<\/a>\u00a0(<acronym title=\"World Health Organization\">WHO)<\/acronym>\u00a0and are used to guide international comparability on the statistics collected to classify health disorders.<\/li>\n<li>Twenty months after our National Advocacy Day, both houses of Congress pass a resolution calling for more NIH support for hydrocephalus research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2007 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>House of Representatives Congressional Resolution on Hydrocephalus is proposed which expresses the need for research into this chronic neurological condition.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18459897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Priorities for hydrocephalus research: report from a National Institutes of Health\u2013sponsored workshop<\/a>\u201d is written by\u00a0Jack Walker, M.D.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifebridgehealth.org\/Main\/MichaelAWilliamsMD.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Michael Williams, M.D.<\/a>, and\u00a0Pat McAllister, Ph.D., members of our MAB, and published in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thejns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Journal of Neurosurgery<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 107 (5)).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2006 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We hold our first <strong>National Advocacy Day<\/strong>\u00a0in Washington, DC. Over 120 individuals personally touched by hydrocephalus meet with 48 senators and 51 congressional representatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2005 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First<strong> National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored workshop on hydrocephalus,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Hydrocephalus, Myths, New Facts, Clear Directions,<\/em> initiated by and presented with significant input from HA. The workshop brought together researchers, scientists, clinicians, parents, people with hydrocephalus, and advocates to challenge the existing dogma and mythology surrounding hydrocephalus. It also identified critical gaps in research and clinical treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2003 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Staff Dory Kranz and Pip Marks, Board member Cynthia Solomon, and volunteer Sam Marks participate in the annual legislative policy conference sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalmssociety.org\/chapters\/can\/northern-california-advocacy\/cal-neuroalliance\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">California Neuro-Alliance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2000 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Board President Sally Baldus, Board member Mark Geiger and Director of Outreach Services Pip Marks represent the Association at the <em>Patient Summit Conference<\/em> in Washington, DC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1999 Milestones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HA presents at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Federal Drug Administration<\/a>\u00a0(FDA) sponsored conference,\u00a0<em>Shunt Technology: Challenges and Emerging Directions<\/em>, held in Washington, DC. We were honored to be the only non-profit organization invited to present at the conference.<\/li>\n<li>Since 1988 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medtronic.com\/us-en\/patients\/conditions\/hydrocephalus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">Medtronic PS Medical<\/a>\u00a0Robert H. Pudenz Award for Excellence in CSF-Physiology has been granted annually to a professional who has distinguished himself in the field of CSF physiology\u00a0at the annual meeting of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispneurosurgery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\">International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery<\/a>. The 1999, award recipient, Dr. Harold Portnoy, presents his $5,000 award to the Hydrocephalus Association in honor of the work we do on behalf of people with hydrocephalus and their families, providing public recognition by the medical community of the expanding impact of the program and services offered by the Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n            <div id=\"daexthefup-container\"\r\n                 class=\"daexthefup-container daexthefup-layout-stacked daexthefup-alignment-center\"\r\n                 data-post-id=\"25673\">\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"daexthefup-feedback\">\r\n                    <div class=\"daexthefup-text\">\r\n                        <h3 class=\"daexthefup-title\">Was this resource helpful?<\/h3>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"daexthefup-buttons-container\">\r\n                        <div class=\"daexthefup-buttons\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n            <div class=\"daexthefup-yes daexthefup-button daexthefup-button-type-text\" data-value=\"1\">\r\n                <div class=\"daexthefup-button-text\">Yes<\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n            <div class=\"daexthefup-no daexthefup-button daexthefup-button-type-text\" data-value=\"0\">\r\n                <div class=\"daexthefup-button-text\">No<\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"daexthefup-comment\">\r\n                    <div class=\"daexthefup-comment-top-container\">\r\n                        <label id=\"daexthefup-comment-label\" class=\"daexthefup-comment-label\"><\/label>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <div class=\"daexthefup-comment-character-counter-container\">\r\n                                <div id=\"daexthefup-comment-character-counter-number\"\r\n                                     class=\"daexthefup-comment-character-counter-number\"><\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"daexthefup-comment-character-counter-text\"><\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n                    <textarea id=\"daexthefup-comment-textarea\" class=\"daexthefup-comment-textarea\"\r\n                              placeholder=\"Type your message\"\r\n                              maxlength=\"400\"><\/textarea>\r\n                    <div class=\"daexthefup-comment-buttons-container\">\r\n                        <button class=\"daexthefup-comment-submit daexthefup-button\">Submit<\/button>\r\n                        <button class=\"daexthefup-comment-cancel daexthefup-button\">Cancel<\/button>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"daexthefup-successful-submission-text\">Thanks for your feedback!<\/div>\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started our advocacy efforts in the late 1990s, representing the patient community at a handful of federally-hosted events. 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