FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON April 11, 2024
American Academy of Neurology Announces 2024 Research Program Recipients
MINNEAPOLIS – The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest association of neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 AAN Research Program. This year the AAN has awarded more than $3.5 million toward neuroscience research and training through the program. Recipients are being recognized at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting held in Denver, Colorado, April 13–18, 2024. Funding will support the following 2024 AAN Research Program recipients: Career Development Award Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Cole Harrington, MD, PhD, Columbus, OH Divakar Mithal, MD, PhD, Chicago, IL Clinical Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Monique Anderson, MD, PhD, Boston, MA Emanuele Barca, MD, PhD, New York, NY David Fischer, MD, Philadelphia, PA John Rhee, MD, MPH, Cambridge, MA Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Funded by The ALS Association and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Jill Goslinga, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA Clinical Research Training Scholarship in ALS and Related Disorders (CReATe) Funded by the CReATe Consortium and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Marijne Vandebergh, PhD, Antwerpen, Belgium Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Funded by The Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Rowan Saloner, PhD, San Francisco, CA Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Lewy Body Diseases (LBD) Funded by the Alzheimer's Association and the American Brain Foundation George Kannarkat, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Multiple Sclerosis Funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Simon Thebault, MD, Philadelphia, PA Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neurodisparities Funded by the American Brain Foundation and the American Academy of Neurology. Malya Sahu, MD, Baltimore, MD Elizabeth Chernyak, MD, Brooklyn, NY Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson's Disease Funded by the Parkinson's Foundation and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, Phoenix, AZ Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Peripheral Neuropathy Funded by The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy through the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Francesco Michelassi, MD, PhD, New York, NY Lawrence M. Brass Stroke Research Award Funded by the American Heart Association and the American Brain Foundation Ana-Lucia Garcia Guarniz, MD, Boston, MA McKnight Clinical Translational Research Scholarship in Cognitive Aging and Age-Related Memory Loss Funded by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through the American Brain Foundation, and the American Academy of Neurology Haopei Yang, PhD, Stanford, CA Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Hashmat Ghanizada, MD, PhD, Copenhagen, Denmark Alexander Gill, MD, PhD, Baltimore, MD Ho Namkung, PhD, Pasadena, CA Practice Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Andrew Huang, MD, Rochester, NY Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Development Award in ALS Funded by The ALS Association and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Eleanor Thomas, MD, PhD, Atlanta, GA Robert Katzman, MD Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Funded by the Alzheimer's Association and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology. Andrew Breithaupt, MD, San Francisco, CA Susan S. Spencer, MD, Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Epilepsy Funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and the American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Jillian McKee, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA