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.


Lea Alhilali, MD
Comparative Effectiveness Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
Barrow Neurological Institute
Evaluation of a Single Bolus, Multi-Echo Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Protocol in Patients with Glioblastoma

Vishal Patel, MD, PhD
Neuroradiology Research Grant in Artificial Intelligence
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Predicting Histologic and Molecular Features of Gliomas from MR Imaging using Machine Learning

Pejman Maralani, MD, FRCPC
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Quantitative BOLD MRI to detect glioma stem cell niches in non-enhancing FLAIR hyperintense regions in patients with glioblastoma and their effect on treatment response

Shruti Agarwal, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Application of Artificial Intelligence for Presurgical Mapping of Motor Network in Dynamic Resting state MR Imaging of Patients with Focal Brain Lesions

David F. Kallmes, MD
Outstanding Contributions Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Santiago Medina sculpture

Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
University of California, San Francisco
Human-Interpretable AI-Based Quantitative Metrics for X-Linked ALD

Achala Vagal, MD, MS
Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Akash Kansagra, MD
Comparative Effectiveness Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
Washington University School of Medicine
Amount Funded: $60,000.00. Science of Systems of Care: Simulating Care Delivery and Patient-Centered Health Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Hediyeh Baradaran, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
Boston University Medical Center
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression and Subclinical Brain Ischemia, Brain Aging, and the Incidence of Dementia: Framingham Study

Douglas Martin, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
Stanford University
Noninvasive Neuromodulation in a Rat Model of Depression

Kevin Chen, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
Stanford University
A Generalizable Deep Learning Network for Imaging Neuropathology with Ultra-low-dose PET/MRI
