AAN Awards Recognize Achievements, Help Winners Realize Potential

H. Richard Tyler Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Neurology History Section.

Alison Christy, MD, PhD / Providence Health and Services, Northern Oregon Region, Portland, OR

Health Care Equity Research Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Jordan J. Cole, MD / Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, FAAN / San Francisco VA, San Francisco, CA

Nicole Rosendale, MD / University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Lundbeck, Inc.

Paola Sandroni, MD, PhD, FAAN / Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and National Multiple Sclerosis Society and made possible through a special contribution from the John Dystel Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Roland Martin, MD / University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young Investigators

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc., Lineberry Research, Quintiles, Dr. Dennis Gillings, and VelaPharma. Farwa Ali, MBBS / Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Lawrence C. McHenry: An Award for the History of Neurology

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Kelsey Smith, MD / Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Lawrence M. Brass Stroke Research Award

Funded by the American Heart Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.

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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.

Eva Klinman, MD, PhD / Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Sheena Baratono, MD, PhD / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Medical Student Essay Awards: G. Milton Shy

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Trenley Anderson, BA, MM / Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Heights, OH

Medical Student Essay Awards: Lewis P. Rowland

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Sumita Strander, BA / Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA

Medical Student Essay Awards: Roland P. Mackay

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Zabrina Reyes, BS / Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Medical Student Essay Awards: Saul R. Korey

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Alexandra Miner, BA, MS / Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, New York, NY

Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Dr. Pessin’s family, friends, and colleagues.

Neal Parikh, MD, MS / CTNU-Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Movement Disorders Research Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, the Parkinson’s Foundation, and the American Academy of Neurology Movement Disorders Section and endowed by the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Jill Ostrem, MD, FAAN / University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Neuro-oncology Investigator Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. Jerome Posner.

Karisa Schreck, MD, PhD / Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Neuro-oncology Scientific Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. WK Alfred Yung.

Ingo Mellinghoff, MD, FACP / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Neuroscience Research Prize

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Pulkith Paruchuri / Heritage High School, Frisco, TX

Samantha Schaevitz / Byram Hills High School, Bedford, NY

Maxx Yung / Roslyn High School, Roslyn, NY

Neuroscience Research Prize in Child Neurology

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

Rania Lateef / Charles J. Colgan High School, Manassas, VA

Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

Vishnu Cuddapah, MD, PhD / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Sharan Srinivasan, MD, PhD / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed through Dr. Geschwind’s family, friends, and colleagues; Pfizer Inc; and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.

Liliana Ramirez-Gomez, MD / Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Boston, MA

Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin family.

Maria Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD / University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Practice Research Training Scholarship

Funded by the American Academy of Neurology.

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSc / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Scholarships

Education Research Grant

Catherine Albin, MD / Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Jonathan Attwood, MA (Oxon), BMBCh / University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Futures in Neurological Research Scholarship to the Annual Meeting

Sponsored by the AAN Clinical Research Subcommittee

Maya Ayoub, MD, EdM / University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Negin Badihian, MD / Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Bryce A. Bagley / Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Mara Bahri / The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Shawn Barton, MD, PhD / Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Aaron Eduardo Rodriguez Calienes, MD / University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Kate Dembny / University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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, MD / University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Scientific Breakthrough Award

Sponsored by the American Brain Foundation

Josep O. Dalmau, MD, PhD, FAAN / University of Barcelona, University of Pennsylvania, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Vanda Lennon, MD, PhD / Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Sheila Essey Award: An Award for ALS Research

Presented by the AAN and the ALS Association and supported through the philanthropy of the Essey family through the American Brain Foundation and the ALS Association.

Virginia Lee, PhD, MBA / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sleep Science Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Sleep Section and endowed by Cephalon, Inc.

Tiffany Braley, MD, MS / University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

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, MD, PhD / University of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, PA

Wayne A. Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award

Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by UCB, Inc., Lilly USA, Elite Home Medical & Respiratory, Inc., Raleigh Neurology Associates, and friends of Dr. Wayne A. Hening.

Joseph Cheung, MD, MS / Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Alyssa Edwards / Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Karam Gagi, MD / Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Maria Garcia-Dominguez, MD / UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

Yung-Tian Gau, MD, PhD / SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Joseph Geraghty / University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Laura Gilbert, DO, MBA / Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Mirna Hennawy, MD / University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Billie Hsieh / The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Nimansha Jain / Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Dominic Julian / University of Arizona College of MedicinePhoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Manpreet Kaur / Yale University, New Haven, CT

Angela Kwan / University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Emile Lemoine, MD, MSc / University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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