2026 Outstanding Project Awards

The ASNR Education Committee, chaired by Joshua P. Nickerson, MD, FACR, and Nancy Pham, MD, is proud to announce the 2026 ASNR Outstanding Project Awards.

Slide summaries from this year’s oral abstracts were reviewed before the ASNR26 meeting in Austin, May 17-20, by members of the ASNR Education Committee, members of the ASNR Fellowship Directors Committee, and representatives from five societies (SNIS, ASHNR, ASFNR, ASPNR, ASSR), and winners were selected based on these review grades and comments. Congratulations to the authors and presenters of these exceptional projects!

ADULT BRAIN

Magnetization Transfer Ratio Detects and Quantifies Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Presented by Jennifer C. Hayes, MD, PhD

FUNCTIONAL

Using Arterial Spin Labeling MRI to Investigate Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in Alzheimer’s Patients Undergoing Lecanemab Anti-Amyloid Therapy
Presented by Elena Andree

HEAD & NECK

Prospective MR Evaluation of Endolymphatic Hydrops Using Half-dose Gadopiclenol
Presented by Rafail Christodoulou, MD

INTERVENTIONAL

Association of evolving thrombectomy device and technique selection on angiographic reperfusion at a single, large-volume stroke center over 10-years
Presented by David Hong, BA

PEDIATRICS

Nanoparticle-Enhanced MR Imaging of T-Cell Trafficking
Presented by Hossein Nejadnik, MD, PhD

SPINE

Photon-Counting Detector vs. Energy-Integrating Detector CT Myelography for Detecting CSF‑Venous Fistulas in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Substantially Lower Radiation Dose
Presented by Soren Christensen, BS