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Announcing the 2016 好色先生 Research Program Recipients
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -
The 好色先生 (AAN), the world鈥檚 largest association of neurologists, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 AAN Research Program. This year鈥檚 program has awarded nearly $3 million dollars toward neuroscience research and training. The individual awards will be presented during the 好色先生鈥檚 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016, at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Funding will support the following 2016 AAN Research Program recipients and projects: Clinical Research Training Fellowship Cosponsored by the 好色先生 and the American Brain Foundation. Santosh Murthy, MD, MPH, Weill Cornell Medical College Research Project: Central Nervous Inflammation in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Temporal Changes and Clinical Outcomes Ellen Penney, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School Research Project: Molecular Insights from iPSC-Derived Models in X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism Caitlin Rollins, MD, Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital and Harvard Medical School Research Project: Fetal Brain Development in Congenital Heart Disease Practice Research Training Fellowship Cosponsored by the 好色先生 and the American Brain Foundation. Mia Minen, MD, MPH, New York University Langone Medical Center Research Project: Improving Health Outcomes in People with Migraine Seeking Care in the Emergency Department Susan S. Spencer Clinical Research Training Fellowship Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Epilepsy Foundation. Paula Voinescu, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women Hospital Research Project: Consequences of Altering Antiepileptic Drugs for Pregnancy Planning in Women with Epilepsy Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy Program funding by Lundbeck. Vaishnav Krishnan, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Research Project: The Role of Cbln1 in Mediating Seizure-Induced Impairments in Social Behavior Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Tourette Syndrome Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and the Tourette Association of America. Matthew Capriotti, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Research Project: Incorporating TeleCBIT into a Hospital-Based Tic Clinic Clinician-Scientist Development Three-Year Award in Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. Michael Hehir, MD, University of Vermont Research Project: Immunosuppressive Cost Unit: A Novel Method to Assess the Value and Cost of Immunosuppressant Side Effects Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Stroke Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and Genentech. Chia-Ling Phuah, MBBChir(Cantab), Massachusetts General Hospital Research Project: Genetic Analyses of Inflammatory Pathways in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Program funding by Lundbeck. Katherine McDonell, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Research Project: Norepinephrine-targeted Therapy for Action Control in Parkinson Disease Clinician-Scientist Development Three-Year Award in ALS Research Program funding by the ALS Association. Lindsey Hayes, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Research Project: Pharmacodynamic Biomarker Development for C9ORF72 Antisense Therapy Clinical Research Training Fellowship in ALS Research Program funding by the ALS Association. Cindy Ly, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis Research Project: Investigating Innate Immunity and Autophagy in TBK1-associated ALS John F. Kurtzke, MD, FAAN Clinician-Scientist Development Three-Year Award in Multiple Sclerosis Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Pavan Bhargava, MBBS, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Research Project: Targeting Leptomeningeal Inflammation for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis Program funding by Genzyme, a Sanofi Company. Christopher Hemond, MD, Brigham & Women鈥檚 Hospital Research Project: A Longitudinal Study of Unique MS-MRI Phenotypes and Their Linkage to Immune Profiles Clinician-Scientist Development Award in Multiple Sclerosis Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and the National MS Society. Joseph Sabatino, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Research Project: Myelin-specific CD8+ T cell pathogenicity in multiple sclerosis Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Program funding by the Allergan Foundation. Stephanie Buss, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Research Project: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Biomarker in Mild Cognitive Impairment Fanny Elahi, MD, DPhil, University of California, San Francisco Research Project: Disentangling Contributions from Chronic Inflammation, Cerebral Amyloid Burden and White Matter Integrity to Age-related Cognitive Decline in a Longitudinal Cohort of Functionally Intact Older Adults Lawrence M. Brass, MD, Stroke Research Award Cosponsored by the 好色先生, the American Brain Foundation, and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Karen Hirsch, MD, Stanford University Research Project: Post-cardiac Arrest Brain Injury: Novel Methodologies to Quantify Severity and Predict Outcome