FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON March 20, 2019
Announcing the American Academy of Neurology 2019 Research Program Recipients
MINNEAPOLIS -
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest association of neurologists, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 AAN Research Program. This year’s program has awarded more than $3 million toward neuroscience research and training. Recipients will be recognized at the American Academy of Neurology’s 71st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., May 4 to 10, 2019, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Funding will support the following 2019 AAN Research Program recipients and projects: Career Development Award Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Shouri Lahiri, MD, Los Angeles, Calif. Susanna Mierau, PhD, MD, Cambridge, England Clinical Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Prashanth Ramachandran, MBBS, San Francisco, Calif. Karisa Schreck, MD, PhD, Baltimore, Md. Jennifer Kim, MD, PhD, Boston, Mass. Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Gary Ho, MD, PhD, Boston, Mass. Victoria Ho, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, Calif. Kellen Winden, MD, PhD, Boston, Mass. Practice Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Elan Guterman, MD, San Francisco, Calif. 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 Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD, Chicago, Ill. Christian Camargo, MD, Miami, Fla. Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Epilepsy Funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Lisseth Burbano, MD, Parkville, Australia Clinical Research Training Scholarship in ALS Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Jennifer Marsella, MD, Monroe County, N.Y. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Headache Funded by the International Headache Society and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Faisal Amin, MD, PhD, Copenhagen, Denmark Clinician Scientist Development Award in Interventional Neurology Funded by the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Kevin Keenan, MD, San Francisco, Calif. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Tourette Syndrome Funded by the Tourette Association of America and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Jennifer Vermilion, MD, Rochester, N.Y. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Multiple Sclerosis Funded by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, Biogen, and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Ulrike Kaunzner, MD, New York, N.Y. Clinician Scientist Development Award in Multiple Sclerosis Funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Brain Foundation Omar Al-Louzi, MD, Boston, Mass. Clinician Scientist Development Award in Myasthenia Gravis Funded by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Shruti Raja, MD, Durham, N.C. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neuromuscular Disease Funded by the Muscle Study Group and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD, Boston, Mass. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson’s Disease Funded by the Parkinson’s Foundation and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology David Coughlin, MD, Philadelphia, Pa. Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson’s Disease Funded by the Parkinson’s Foundation and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology. Supported in part by a grant from AbbVie. Anna Goodheart, MD, Boston, Mass. Robert Katzman, MD, Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research Funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Hyun-Sik Yang, MD, Boston, Mass. Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Development Award in ALS Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation In collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Suma Babu, MBBS, MPH, Boston, Mass.