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.


Michael J. Paldino, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2011
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Abnormal Structural and Functional Connectivity in Pediatric Patients with Focal Cortical Dysplasia

Jaime F. Mata, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2011
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Non-Invasive Targeted Delivery and In-vivo Evaluation of Brain Therapy Using MR Guided Focused Ultrasound


Steven W. Hetts, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2010
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Endovascular Catheter for Magnetic Navigation under MRI Guidance: Evaluation of Healing In Vivo at 1.5T

Daniel Mandell, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2010
University of Toronto
Evolution of Individual White Matter Lesions in Leukaoraiosis: A Serial MRI Study


Greg Zaharchuk, MD, PhD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2009
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Optimizing Arterial Spin Label MRI for the Visualization of Collateral Flow in Moyamoya Disease


Tammie L. S. Benzinger, MD, PhD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2008
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Childhood Leukodystrophy with Neuromuscular Disability: Translational Use of MRI Directional Diffusivity as a Tool for Prognosis and Response to Therapy

Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2008
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Characterizing the Neural Substrates of Stroke Recovery Utilizing fMRI and Perfusion Imaging


Pina C. Sanelli, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2007
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
Assessing the Value of CT Perfusion in Improving Clinical Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using a Decision Analytic Model