{"id":4753,"date":"2021-02-02T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:38:05","slug":"dr-jaime-imitola-receives-inspiration-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/2021\/02\/02\/dr-jaime-imitola-receives-inspiration-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jaime Imitola receives Inspiration Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-contain\">\n<div class=\"hfeed site\" id=\"page\">\n<div class=\"site-content\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-area\" id=\"primary\">\n<article class=\"post-168329 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-school-of-medicine category-uconn-health\" id=\"post-168329\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Posted in UConn Today, January 21, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-contain\">\n<div class=\"hfeed site\" id=\"page\">\n<div class=\"site-content\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-area\" id=\"primary\">\n<article class=\"post-168329 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-school-of-medicine category-uconn-health\" id=\"post-168329\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"post-excerpt-contain\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_4770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4770\" style=\"width: 998px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jaime Imitola\" class=\"wp-image-4770 size-full lazyload\" width=\"998\" height=\"665\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1.jpg 998w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-272x182.jpg 272w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 998px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 998\/665;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jaime Imitola\" class=\"wp-image-4770 size-full\" width=\"998\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1.jpg 998w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2021\/02\/imitola-screenshot-800x1200cnd-998x665-1-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health\u2019s Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Translational Neuroimmunology, is a National MS Society 2020 Inspiration Award recipient. (Photo by Ethan Giorgetti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health\u2019s Multiple Sclerosis Center, is the only health care provider to receive a 2020 Inspiration Award from the National MS Society. The National MS Society named 11 honorees among nearly 200 volunteer nominees from its state and territory chapters. Imitola is the only awardee from New England and the only health care provider so honored. <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/01\/national-multiple-sclerosis-society-honors-uconn-ms-center-director\/?utm_source=uconn-at-work&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=monthly-digest\">Read more on this story, <\/a>along with Dr. Imitola&#8217;s vital role to help MS patients get tested for COVID-19 as well as recommendations on the COVID vaccines for the MS population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted in UConn Today, January 21, 2021 &nbsp; Dr. Jaime Imitola, director of UConn Health\u2019s Multiple Sclerosis Center, is the only health care provider to receive a 2020 Inspiration Award from the National MS Society. The National MS Society named 11 honorees among nearly 200 volunteer nominees from its state and territory chapters. 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