I just got word that I am elected as fellow of the European Stroke Organisation. Well, elected sounds more cool then it really is… I applied myself by sending in an application letter, resume, some form to show my experience in stroke research and two letters of recommendation of two active fellows and that’s that. So what does this mean? Basically, the fellows of the ESO are those who want to put some of their time to good use in name of the ESO, such as being active in one fo the committees. I chose to get active in teaching epidemiology (teaching courses during the ESOC conferences, or in the winter/summer schools, perhaps in the to be founded ESO scientific journal), but how is as of this moment not completely clear yet. Nonetheless, I am glad that I can work with and through this organisation to improve the epidemiological knowledge in the field of stroke.