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.


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


Mikell Yuhasz, MD
Trainee Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
New York University Langone Medical Center

Tammie Benzinger, MD
Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2018
Washington University School of Medicine

Michael Zeineh, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2017
Stanford University
Amount Funded: $250,000.00. Iron-Based Neuroinflammation: A New Window to AD Pathology

Cyrus Raji, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2017
University of California, San Francisco
Amount Funded: $99,460.00. Diffusion MR Imaging based Edge Density Connectome Mapping for Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease