2021 Young Investigator Awards

Young Investigator Award presentations will be available for viewing at the 2021 SFNS Annual Meeting. The videos will be available during the week prior to the meeting on the Socio Platform located under the tab 'Young Investigators'.

The Edwin Boldrey Award is intended to recognize a research project in neuroscience.

Kevin Kumar, MD, PhD
Stanford University
“High Efficiency Microglial Replacement Ameliorates Motor Deficits and Enhances Survival in a Mouse Model of Gaucher’s Disease”

The John Hanbery Award is given annually to the best clinical paper covering topics in neurosurgery.

Satvir Saggi
UC San Francisco
“An Arteriovenous Malformation Grading System for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Microsurgical Resection”

The Henry Newman Award is presented each year to the author of the best paper dealing with clinical neurology.

Meredith Bock, MD
UC San Francisco
“Determinants of quality of life in a large, online cohort of individuals with Parkinson’s disease”

The Harold Rosegay Award is given annually to the best clinical paper covering topics in neurosurgical anatomy, history and clinical practice.

Jacob Young, MD
UC San Francisco
“Morbidity Associated with Resection of Supplementary Motor Area Gliomas: Revisiting Supplementary Motor Syndrome and the Role of the Frontal Aslant Tract”

The Child Neurology Award is given annually to the best clinical paper covering topics in child neurology.

Michael Zhang, MD
Stanford University
“Machine Learning Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor”

2019 Young Investigator Award Recipients. Left to right: Leslie Gillum, MD, MPH (SFNS President); Rebecca Jeannette Levy, MD; Allen Ho, MD; Andrew Kai-Hong Chan, MD; Adam MacLellan, MD; Gordon Li, MD