FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON March 10, 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Announces 2022 Scientific Research Award Winners
MINNEAPOLIS – More than two dozen scientific research awards are being bestowed upon researchers around the world this year by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Recipients will be honored at the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s 74th Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 2 to 7, 2022, at the Washington State Convention Center. This year’s recipients include: Founders Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by the former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Alliance. Ronda Lun, MD / Ottawa, Ont., Canada S. Weir Mitchell Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by the former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Alliance. Jean-Pierre Falet, MD, CM / Mount Royal, Que., Canada Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by members of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Epilepsy Section; Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Cephalon, Inc.; Cyberonics, Inc.; Elan Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.; Novartis; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Shire Pharmaceuticals Group; and UCB Pharma. Piero Perucca, MD, PhD, FRACP / The University of Melbourne Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 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. Xavier Montalban, MD, PhD / Barcelona, Spain Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed through Dr. Geschwind’s family, friends, and colleagues; Pfizer Inc; and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology. Julio Rojas-Martinez, MD, PhD / San Francisco, Calif. Mitchell B. Max Neuropathic Pain Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by the United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee, the Mayday Fund, and friends of Dr. Mitchell Max. John Markman, MD / Rochester, N.Y. Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young Investigators Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc., Lineberry Research, Quintiles, Dr. Dennis Gillings, and VelaPharma. Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil / St. Louis, Mo. International Scholarship Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» International Subcommittee. Chandana Bhagwat, MD / Chandigarh, India Akshay Deepak, MD, MBBS / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Gim Dhee, MD / Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka Aravind Ganesh, MD, DPhil, FRCPC / Calgary, Alta., Canada Giulia Giacomucci, MD / Florence, Italy Helena Gosseye, MD / Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium Maurizio Grassano, MD / Turin, Italy Elisabeth Hendrickx Van de Craen, MD / Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium Akarin Hiransuthikul, MD / Bangkok, Thailand Zi-Yue Liu, MD / Beijing, China Akintomiwa Makanjuola, MD, MBBS / Ibadan, Nigeria Monica Margoni, MD / Milan, Italy Juan Mendez Gallardo, MD / Mexico City, Mexico Saloua Mrabet, MD / Mannouba, Tunisia Oladotun Olalusi, MD / Oyo, Nigeria Aldanica Olano, MD / Pasig City, Philippines Fizza Orooj, MRCP / Islamabad, Pakistan Jasmine Parihar, MBBS, MD, DM / New Delhi, India Thomas Parker, PhD, BMBCh, MRCP / London, United Kingdom Harini Pavuluri, MD / Thiruvananthapuram, India Nikolai Gil Reyes, MD / Toronto, Ont., Canada Roberto Rodriguez, MD / Mexico City, Mexico Katarina Rukavina, MD / London, United Kingdom Alvee Saluja, MD, DM / New Delhi, India Melanie Lara Sanchez, MD / Buenos Aires, Argentina Dario Saracino, MD / Paris, France Damaris Vazquez Guevara, MD / San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico Ana Villegas, MD, MPH / Cambridge, Mass. Manav Vyas, MD, MBBS, MSc, PhD / Toronto, Ont., Canada Miranda Wan, MD / Calgary, Alberta, Canada Tim Woelfle, MD, MSc / Basel, Switzerland Ahmed Yassin, MD / Irbid, Jordan Tracy Ming-Chun Yu, MD, MPH / New Taipei City, Taiwan Yang Zheng, MD, PhD / Hangzhou, China Charlotte Zuurbier, MD / Wognum, Netherlands Lawrence C. McHenry: An Award for the History of Neurology Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». David Burkholder, MD / Rochester, MN Medical Student Essay Awards Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Extended Neuroscience Award Ari Vandersluis / Columbus, Ohio G. Milton Shy Award Carly Olszewski, B.S. / Winston-Salem, N.C. Saul R. Korey Award Margo Peyton, B.A. / Baltimore, Md. Medical Student Diversity Scholarships Supported in part by The AbbVie Foundation. Desmond Bhimull / Stony Brook, N.Y. Katsiah Cadet / Hershey, Pa. Vivian Chioma / Charleston, S.C. Tracy De Los Santos / Sacramento, Calif. Isaac Domenech / Lexington, Ky. Tochi Eboh / Amarillo, Texas Tyler Nichols / Indianapolis, Ind. Maikerly Reyes / Philadelphia, Pa. Aldwin Soumare / Suwannee, Ga. Juan Vazquez / Bronx, N.Y. Movement Disorders Research Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», the Parkinson’s Foundation, and the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Movement Disorders Section and endowed by the Parkinson’s Foundation. Charles Adler, MD, PhD / Scottsdale, Ariz. Neuroscience Research Prize Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Jessica Guo / East Setauket, N.Y. Samuel Wu / Dublin, Calif. Archita Khaire / Charlotte, N.C. Neuroscience Research Prize in Child Neurology Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the Child Neurology Society. Aliya Fisher / New York, N.Y. Neuro-oncology Scientific Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and supported by friends of Dr. WK Alfred Yung. Elizabeth Gerstner, MD / Boston, Mass. Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by Dr. Pessin’s family, friends, and colleagues. Amy Yu, MD, MSc / Toronto, Ont., Canada Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin family. Vladimir Hachinski, CM, MD, DSc, FRCPC, FCAHS, FAHA, FÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³», FRSC / London, Ont., Canada Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by Lundbeck, Inc. Eduardo Benarroch, MD, DSci / Rochester, Minn. Harold Wolff-John Graham Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. Caroline Ran, MSc, PhD / Stockholm, Sweden Wayne A. Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by UCB, Inc., Lilly USA, Elite Home Medical & Respiratory, Inc., Raleigh Neurology Associates, and friends of Dr. Wayne A. Hening. John Werner, MD, PhD / Bethesda, Md. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Neuro-infectious Disease Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Payal Patel, MD / Bellevue, Wash. Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. Adrian Espiritu, MD, MSc (cand.) / Manila, Philippines Neuroendocrine Research Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and supported by friends of Dr. Andrew Herzog Deborah Gustafson, PhD, MS / Brooklyn, N.Y. Sheila Essey Award: An Award for ALS Research Presented by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the ALS Association and supported through the philanthropy of the Essey family and the ALS Association. Matthew Kiernan, MBBS, PhD, DSc, FRACP, FAHMS / Sydney, Australia Sleep Science Award Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the Sleep Section and endowed by Cephalon, Inc. Louis Ptacek, MD / San Francisco, Calif.