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American Academy of Neurology Announces 2023 Research Program Recipients
MINNEAPOLIS – American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest association of neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 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 75th Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 22–27, 2023. Funding will support the following 2023 AAN Research Program recipients: Career Development Award Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Jonathan R. Brent, M.D., PhD, Chicago, Illinois Nathan Tyler Cohen, M.D., Washington, D.C. Clinical Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Andrew Dhawan, M.D., PhD, Cleveland, Ohio Anthony Linares, M.D., PhD, Los Angeles, California Martineau Louine, M.D., San Francisco, California Evan Madill, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts Clinical Research Training Scholarship in ALS Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Marina Avetisyan, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts Clinical Research Training Scholarship in FTD Funded by The Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Daniel T. Ohm, PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Migraine Funded by Amgen, Inc., and American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology. Patricia Arlene Olson, M.D., PhD, Boston, Massachusetts Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neurodisparities Funded by the Edgar J. Kenton III, MD Foundation, Eisai, and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Dominique Popescu, PhD, Boston, Massachusetts Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neuromuscular Disease Funded by the Neuromuscular Study Group and American Brain Foundation in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology Natalie Katz, M.D., PhD, Monroe County, New York 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 Robert John Heuermann, M.D., PhD, St. Louis, Missouri 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 Erika Kristen Williams, M.D., PhD, Boston, Massachusetts Paula Barreras, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland Lawrence M. Brass Stroke Research Award Funded by the American Heart Association and the American Brain Foundation Margy McCullough-Hicks, M.D., Minneapolis, Minnesota 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 Sheena Baratono, M.D., PhD, Boston, Massachusetts Eva Klinman, M.D., PhD, St. Louis, Missouri Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, M.D., PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sharan Srinivasan, M.D., PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan Practice Research Training Scholarship Funded by the American Academy of Neurology Nirupama Yechoor, M.D., MSc, Boston, Massachusetts 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 Maurizio Grassano, M.D., Turin, Italy Susan S. Spencer, MD, 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 Wesley Kerr, M.D., PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan