Society for Research into
Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida


Casey Holter Essay Prize

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Dr John Holter CBE has endowed a triennial prize in memory of his son Casey.
The Casey Holter Essay Prize is next open for competition in 2010.
The competition will be judged blind by the Executive Committee and a prize of £250 will be awarded to the winner.

An appreciation of John Holter [CLICK HERE]

Casey Holter Memorial Prize Essay Winners
 
2007 Helen Williams "An Essay Concerning the Pathogenesis of Hydrocephalus"
2004 Behroze Vaccha,
Richard Adams
"A Temperament for Learning: The Limbic System and Myelomeningocele"
2001 Jaleel Miyan,
Carole Sobkowiak,
Clare Draper
"Humanity lost - the cost of cortical maldevelopment - is there light ahead?"
( dedicated to the memory of Michaela and Angela Miyan)
1998 Not awarded
1995 M Jouet "The genetics of Hydrocephalus"
1992 C A Sobkowiak
(First Prize)
"Effect of Hydrocephalus on Neuronal Migration and Maturation"
G S Liptak
(Special Prize)
"Tethered Spinal Cord: An Analysis of Clinical Research"
1989 Not awarded
1987 Not awarded
1985 A I P Maas "The Rotterdam Teletransducer: State of the Device"
1983 Not awarded
1981 M Sellar "An Essay on Research into the Causation and Prevention of Spina Bifida"
1979 Not awarded
1977 B Williams "The Pathogenesis of the Chiari malformation"
1975 Not awarded
1973 S R Wealthall "An Investigation of Factors Involved in Regulating Ventricular Size and the Production of Hydrocephalus"
1971 G Stark and
M Drummond
"The Spinal Cord Lesion in Myelomeningocele"
1969 H F Grundy "Circulation in the Cerebrospinal Fluid in the Cat and Rabbit"
1967 A J Barson "Spina Bifida - the Significance of the Level and of the Extent of the Defect to th Morphogenesis"
 

Casey Holter Memorial Lecturers
The Casey Holter Memorial Lecture is given by invited distinguished specialists at the Annual Scientific Meeting in honour of John Holter and of his son.
 

2008 A Copp "Genetics and Embryology of Neural Tube Defects"
2005 J Mazur "The Adult with Spina Bifida"
2002 P Griffiths "Assessment of the posterior fossa and its contents by MR of the fetus"
1999 G Hunt "Non-selective intervention in newborn babies for open spina bifida: the outcome 30 years on for a complete cohort"
1996 J D van Gool "Spina Bifida and the Neuropathic Bladder"
1993 D Donnai "What is New in the Genetics of Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida?"
1990 D McLellan "Choices for Young Adults"
1988 J Bradshaw "Social Impact of Childhood Disablement"
1986 D B Shurtleff "Meningomyleocele - A New or a Disappearing Disease"
1984 M Michejda "The Fetal Neural Tube: Is Intervention Progress?"
1982 A N Guthkelch "Evoked Potential Studies: Some New Techniques and Applications"
1980 H B Eckstein "The Paediatric Urologist's Dilemma"
1978 K Shulman "Intracranial Pressure/Volume Relationships"
1976 Malcolm Menelaus "Orthopaedic Management in Myelomeningocele: a Plea for Realistic Goals and a Minimum of Surgery"
1974 C O Carter "Clues to the Aetiology of Neural Tube Malformations"
1972 H Davson "Dynamic Aspects of Cerebrospinal Fluid"
1970 D F Ellison Nash "The Impact of Total Care (with Special Reference to Myelodysplasia)"
1968 A J Bengt Kallen "Early Embryogenesis of the Central Nervous System with Special Reference to Closure Defects"
1965 G H MacNab "The Development of the Knowledge and Treatment of Hydrocephalus"