Scientific Research Award recipients
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 好色先生 Scientific Research Awards. Browse recipients below.
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AAN Neuro-infectious Disease Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Yair Mina, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
2025 recipient: Kathryn Holroyd, MD
Bhuwan Garg High School Neuroscience Research Prize
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and the Child Neurology Society.
Lilian Ouyang
Little Rock Central High School
2025 recipient: Ella Saltstein
Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.
Sulena Sulena, MD
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College
2025 recipient: Manya Prasad, MD
Career Development Award
Funded by the 好色先生.
Bipasha Mukherjee Clavin, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Sheela Toprani, MD, PhD
University of California, Davis
Elizabeth C. Wright-Jin, MD, PhD
Nemours Children's Health
2025 recipients: Sasha Gupta, MD; Krithi Irmady, MD, MBBS
Clinical Research Training Scholarship
Funded by the 好色先生.
Friederike Held, MD
Stanford University
Jaeho Hwang, MD
Northwestern University
Laura W. Pappalardo, MD, PhD, PharmD
University of Pennsylvania
Sumanth Reddy, MD
University of California, San Francisco
2025 recipients: Pritha Bisarad, PhD; Kaitlin F. Farrell, MD, PhD; Amanda M. Nagy, MD
Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by members of the 好色先生 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.
Mark R. Keezer, MD, PhD
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
2025 recipient: Alice D. Lam, MD, PhD
H. Richard Tyler Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and the 好色先生 History Section.
Olivier Uwishema, MD
Oli Health Magazine Organization
2025 recipient: Jonathan Williams, MD
Harold Wolff-John Graham Award: An Award for Headache/Facial Pain Research
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by Endo Pharmaceuticals.
Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipient: Carlyn Patterson Gentile, MD
Health Care Equity Research Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Nabila Dahodwala, MD, FAAN
University of Pennsylvania
Monica M. Diaz, MD, MS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan P. Williams, MD, MSCR
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipients: Rachel Forman, MD; Adys Mendizabal, MD, MS; Lesli E. Skolarus, MD, MS
Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by Lundbeck, Inc.
Wolfgang Singer, MD, FAAN
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Jeanne C. Mayer Next Generation Research Grant in Multiple Sclerosis
Funded by the Herbert R. Mayer and Jeanne C. Mayer Foundation and American Brain Foundation.
Mark Milner, PhD
University of Michigan
John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Sponsored by the 好色先生 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.
Ludwig Kappos, MD, FAAN
University Hospital and University of Basel
2025 recipient: Amit Bar-Or, MD, FRCPC
Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Early Career Investigators
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc., Lineberry Research, Quintiles, Dr. Dennis Gillings, and VelaPharma.
Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute
2025 recipient: Shannon Y. Chiu, MD, MSc
Lawrence C. McHenry Award: An Award for the History of Neurology
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Mattia Rosso, MD
Yale University
2025 recipients: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, FAAN; Lawrence A. Zeidman, MD, FAAN
Lawrence M. Brass, MD, Next Generation Research Grant in Stroke
Funded by the American Heart Association and American Brain Foundation.
Praneeta R. Konduri, PhD
Stanford University
2025 recipient: Sigfus Kristinsson, PhD
McKnight Next Generation Research Grant in Cognitive Aging and Age-Related Memory Loss
Funded by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through American Brain Foundation.
Maria Pia Campagna, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Quentin Devignes, PhD
University of Michigan
2025 recipients: Giovanna Pilonieta, PhD, DMD, MPH; Deborah Rose, MD
Medical Student Essay Award - G. Milton Shy Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Lyra Seaborn
Baylor College of Medicine
2025 recipient: Xaida Wright, BS
Medical Student Essay Awards - Lewis P. Rowland
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Neha Tallapragada
Georgetown University
2025 recipient: Daria Hoang, BA
Medical Student Essay Award - Roland P. Mackay Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Garrett Allington
Columbia University
2025 recipient: Courtney N. Nguyen
Medical Student Essay Award - Saul R. Korey Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Habib E. Akouri
University of Pennsylvania
2025 recipient: Kiran K. Sankarappan
Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by Dr. Pessin’s family, friends, and colleagues.
Yan Wang, MD, MSCI
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipient: Aristeidis Katsanos, MD, PhD
Mitchell B. Max Neuropathic Pain Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by the United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee, the Mayday Fund, and friends of Dr. Mitchell Max.
Stefanie Geisler, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipient: Brian Callaghan, MD, MS, FAAN
Movement Disorders Research Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生, the Parkinson’s Foundation, and the 好色先生 Movement Disorders Section and endowed by the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Stewart A. Factor, DO, FAAN
Emory University
2025 recipient: Janis M. Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FAAN
Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship
Funded by the 好色先生.
Sarah Chang, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Yedda Li, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hsueh-Fu Wu, PhD
Columbia University
2025 recipients: Carson Moseley, MD, PhD; Mohit Rastogi, PhD
Neuro-oncology Investigator Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and supported by friends of Dr. Jerome Posner.
L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2025 recipient: Mary Jane Lim-Fat, MD, FRCPC
Neuro-oncology Scientific Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and supported by friends of Dr. WK Alfred Yung.
Terri S. Armstrong, PhD, ANP-BC
2025 recipient: Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD, FAAN
Neuroscience Research Prize
Sponsored by the 好色先生.
Shivi Kumar
Marcus High School
Joseph Sun
Palo Alto High School
Vincent Wang
Brophy College Preparatory
2025 recipients: Sofia Magalhaes; Ashley Malkin; Sharmada Palakurthi
Next Generation Research Grant in ALS
Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation.
Rebecca Casterton, PhD
University of Cape Town, South Africa
2025 recipient: Joe Viteri, PhD
Next Generation Research Grant in Frontotemporal Dementia
Funded by the Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and American Brain Foundation.
Jesús García-Castro, MD, MSc
Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
2025 recipient: Janani Parameswaran, PhD
Next Generation Research Grant in Lewy Body Diseases
Funded by the Alzheimer's Association and American Brain Foundation.
Esteban Luna, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Next Generation Research Grant in Myasthenia Gravis
Funded by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and American Brain Foundation.
Alexandra C. Bayer Wildberger, PhD
Yale University
Next Generation Research Grant in Parkinson’s Disease
Funded by the Parkinson's Foundation and American Brain Foundation.
Arjun Balachandar, MD
University of Toronto
2025 recipient: Laura de Lima Xavier, MD
Next Generation Research Grant in Peripheral Neuropathy
Funded by the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy through American Brain Foundation.
Ariel Zhang, PhD
Temple University
2025 recipient: Tiffany Li, PhD
Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed through Dr. Geschwind’s family, friends, and colleagues; Pfizer Inc; and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.
Juan B. Toledo Atucha, MD, PhD
Houston Methodist
2025 recipient: Matthew J. Burke, MD, FRCPC
Practice Research Training Scholarship
Funded by the 好色先生.
Carson M. Quinn, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
2025 recipient: Jennifer Corcoran, MD
Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and the American Brain Foundation and funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin family.
Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipient: Gil D. Rabinovici, MD, FAAN; William W. Seeley, MD
Richard Olney Next Generation Research Grant in ALS
Funded by The ALS Association and American Brain Foundation.
Chen Eitan, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
2025 recipient: Arens Taga, MD
Robert Katzman, MD, Next Generation Research Grant in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research
Funded by the Alzheimer's Association and American Brain Foundation.
Pavel Yanev, MD, PhD
University of Kentucky
Sheila Essey Award: An Award for ALS Research
Funded by the Essey family through the American Brain Foundation and presented in partnership with the ALS Association, the ALS Network, and the 好色先生.
Leonard Petrucelli, PhD
University of Miami
2025 recipients: Christopher J. McDermott, MBChB, FRCP, PhD; Neil A. Shneider, MD, PhD
Sleep Science Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and the Sleep Section and endowed by Cephalon, Inc.
Louise M. O'Brien, PhD
University of Michigan
2025 recipient: Mark I. Boulos, MD, FRCPC, CSCN(EEG), MSc
Susan S. Spencer, MD, Next Generation Research Grant in Epilepsy
Funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation, and American Brain Foundation.
Mark Bowren, Jr., PhD
University of Iowa
2025 recipient: Peter N. Hadar, MD
S. Weir Mitchell Resident-Fellow Research Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by the former 好色先生 Alliance.
Huanwen “Alvin” Chen, MD
University of Maryland
Nardin Samuel, MD, PhD
University of Toronto
2025 recipients: Erik Lindgren, MD, PhD; Evangelos Pavlos Myserlis, MD
Wayne A. Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award
Sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by UCB, Inc., Lilly USA, Elite Home Medical & Respiratory, Inc., Raleigh Neurology Associates, and friends of Dr. Wayne A. Hening.
Eric C. Landsness, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
2025 recipient: Stephen Joza, MD, PhD