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AAN Awards

Over the years, many of our residents have gone on to start successful research programs of their own. In addition to the R25 awards during training, our residents have received competitive grants such as the AAN Research Awards, among others.

Here are just a few:

Vaishnav Krishnan, MD, PhD

Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Epilepsy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Role of Cbln1 in Mediating Seizure-Induced Impairments in Social Behavior
Mentor: Matthew Anderson, MD, PhD

Funded by Lundbeck

 

Katherine McDonell, MD

Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Parkinsons’s Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Norepinephrine-targeted Therapy for Action Control in Parkinson Disease
Mentor: David Robertson, MD

Funded by Lundbeck

 

Stephanie Buss, MD

Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Alzheimer’s Disease
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Biomarker in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mentor: Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD

Funded by the Allergan Foundation

 

Corey Fehnel, MD

American Brain Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowships

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
Improving Prediction of Hospital Readmission Following Acute Ishemic Stroke
Mentor: Vincent Mor, Phd, Med

Cosponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation

 

Nigel Pedersen, MBBS

American Brain Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowships

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Mammillary Region in Epilepsy? Investigation and Intervention
Mentor: Clifford Saper, MD, PhD, FAAN

Cosponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation

 

Michael Benatar, MBChB, DPhil

Clinical Research Training Fellowship Recipient
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

American Academy of Neurology Foundation and ALSA Clinical Research Fellowship

For additional information about the program, please visit the AAN site:

https://www.aan.com/research-and-awards/clinical-research-training-fellowships/