Grant Recipients
Since its inception in 1995, The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology has awarded nearly $9.5 million to fund 130 investigators enabling them to pursue their interests and establish themselves in the field of neuroradiology. Over $920,000 in grants is awarded annually. Your support is paramount to the Foundation’s ability to continue funding opportunities for promising young investigators. Philanthropic investment of major donors who understand the importance of research in neuroradiology will yield more expert diagnoses, leading to targeted care for patients and more sophisticated approaches to sensitive, complex, and devastating diseases.


Hossein Nejadnik, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Pennsylvania
Simultaneous Generation and MRI Labeling of mRNA GD2-CAR T Cells for Imaging-Guided Immunotherapy in Diffuse Midline Glioma

Jana Ivanidze, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Weill Cornell Medicine
Super-Selective Intra-Arterial [Ga68]DOTATATE PET to Enhance Radiotracer Delivery in Meningioma

Dheeraj Gandhi, MD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Maryland
Safety and efficacy of Intra-arterial Bevacizumab (IA-BEV) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization (MMAE) in Non-surgical Chronic Subdural Hematoma Patients (SAFER-MMAE)

Ramon Barajas Jr., MD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Oregon Health & Science University
Leveraging Lipid Nanoparticles for On-Demand Receptor Expression and Targeted Imaging in Glioblastoma

Stephen Jones, MD, PhD
Aldon Mark Berger Mental Health Imaging Research Grant
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Cleveland Clinic
Advanced 7T fMRI of Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression to Predict Ketamine Efficacy and Identify Brain Network Modifications in Responders and Nonresponders

Laiz de Godoy, MD, PhD
Aldon Mark Berger Mental Health Imaging Research Grant
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Pennsylvania
Decoding the Super Connectome in SuperAgers: The Impact of Mental Health on Memory Preservation

JP Yu, MD
Imaging Research in Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Grant
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quantifying the dynamic cellular landscape of the brain in AD

Gloria Guzmán Pérez-Carrillo, MD, MSc, MPH, MBA
Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Washington University in St. Louis

Soha Mohammadi, MD
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Real-World Cost and Safety Consequences of Unnecessary Thyroid FNAs Identified by ACR TI-RADS Re-Reads

Rehab Khalid, MBBS
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Massachusetts General Hospital
Role of Spectral Imaging in the Diagnosis of Ménière’s Disease

Mohammad Khalafi, MD
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine
Imaging CSF Dynamics to Probe Glymphatic Dysfunction in Early Alzheimer’s Disease

Justyna Ekert, MD, PhD
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Mayo Clinic in Florida
7T Hippocampal Subfield Imaging as a Biomarker of Seizure Lateralization and Cognitive Outcomes in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy