Introduction

Amy Edmunds leveraged findings from her graduate studies to launch YoungStroke, Inc. as a non-profit patient advocacy organization in 2005 after previously experiencing cryptogenic stroke.

Two key collaborations propelled her work. First, Edmunds coordinated the first international scientific conference to address young stroke in conjunction with Mayo Clinic in 2015. Secondly, she co-authored the Young Stroke Questionnaire as a clinical assessment tool in collaboration with the University of South Carolina in 2019.

Her research earned awards from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke as well as the National Institute for Minority Health & Disparities. In 2018, she was re-elected by international peers to the WSO Board of Directors to represent stroke support organizations. In the same year, she was inducted as a Fellow of the WSO.