NER Foundation Awards $40,000 Grants for 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
The ASNR Research Committee is proud to announce three NER Foundation grant recipients for 2010. Seventeen applications were reviewed, and the level of submissions was quite high. All winners are to be congratulated!
NER Foundation Award in Basic Science Research
Stephen E. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic, "Validation of Probabilistic DTI Algorithms Using Direct Stimulation Data From Stereotactic EEG Electrodes in Humans."
NER Foundation Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Steven W. Hetts, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, "Endovascular Catheter for Magnetic Navigation Under MRI Guidance: Evaluation of Heating In Vivo at 1.5T."
Daniel Mandell, M.D., Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Evolution of Individual White Matter Lesions in Leukaraiosis: A Serial MRI Study."
ASNR Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial Award
This award was established to honor one of the pioneers in neuroradiology, and is given to a trainee or junior faculty member in neuroradiology for excellence as demonstrated in a paper which represents original, unpublished research in some aspect of neuroradiology.
Elysa Widjaja, M.D., Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, "Alteration of Human Fetal Subplate Layer and Intermediate Zone During Normal Development on MR and Diffusion Tensor Imaging."
The recipients of all awards will be announced on Wednesday, May May 19, 2010, between 11:00 and 11:10 AM, during the 48th Annual Meeting in Boston.
ASNR Awards Dr. Anton N. Hasso with Gold Medal
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Gold Medal Award Committee, chaired by Dr. James M. Provenzale, has selected Dr. Anton N. Hasso from the University of California Irvine Medical Center, as the 2010 Gold Medal Award recipient.
Dr. Hasso has served in major leadership positions in the Society, including as President from 1990-1991. That was an extremely important time in the history of the Society, particularly in the political activity leading up to the establishment of the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Neuroradiology by the American Board of Radiology. From 1999 until 2005, he was a member of the Residency Review Committee for Diagnostic Radiology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He has contributed substantially to the academic fabric of neuroradiology as an investigator, lecturer, mentor, reviewer, editor, philanthropist, and advocate of the highest ideals of Radiology. Not only has Dr. Hasso dedicated service to the ASNR, but he has carried the banner of neuroradiology throughout many societies that make up organized medicine.
ASNR Awards Honorary Membership to Dr. E. Turgut Tali
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Honorary Membership Committee, chaired by Dr. Norman Leeds, has selected Dr. E. Turgut Tali for Honorary Membership in 2010.
Dr. Tali is currently Professor of Radiology, Executive Associate Dean, and Director of Neuroradiology at the Department of Radiology at the Gazi University School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of Neuroradiology, and has been a guest editor for several issues of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America and Revista de Neuroradiologia. Dr. Tali is a valued reviewer for AJNR, and regularly attends ASNR Annual Meetings. He has served as President in two ESNR congresses, and will be President of the Symposium Neuroradiologicum in 2014.
NER Foundation Awards Dr. Victor M. Haughton for Outstanding Contributions in Research
Monday, February 1, 2010
This award was established in 2004 to recognize neuroradiologists who have demonstrated consistent excellence and lifelong accomplishment in basic or clinical neuroscience research, particularly funded research from the NIH, NSF, March of Dimes, etc. Dr. R. Gilberto Gonzalez chaired the NER Foundation committee responsible for selecting a recipient for this award. Dr. Victor M. Haughton from the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics is the 2010 award recipient. Dr. Haughton’s numerous research endeavors in the field of Neuroradiology for more than three decades makes him worthy of the award. He has received many research grants, primarily for the study of contrast agents. His creativity is also recognized by the nine patents that have been awarded to Dr. Haughton and his collaborators.
Presentation of the above awards (Gold Medal, Honorary Membership, and NER Foundation Outstanding Contributions in Research) will take place during the 48th Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, May 15-20, 2010.