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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 PM ET, March 10, 2023

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Announces 2023 Research Program Recipients

MINNEAPOLIS – ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú (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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú’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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Jonathan R. Brent, M.D., PhD, Chicago, Illinois Nathan Tyler Cohen, M.D., Washington, D.C. Clinical Research Training Scholarship Funded by the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Daniel T. Ohm, PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Migraine Funded by Amgen, Inc., and American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú. 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Sheena Baratono, M.D., PhD, Boston, Massachusetts Eva Klinman, M.D., PhD, St. Louis, Missouri Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship Funded by the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, M.D., PhD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sharan Srinivasan, M.D., PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan Practice Research Training Scholarship Funded by the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú 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 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Wesley Kerr, M.D., PhD, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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