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.


Joseph Young, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2015
Massachusetts General Hospital- Boston, MA
Reducing Radiation Dose, Iodine Dose, and Cost in CTA of Acute Hemorrhagic & Non-Hemorrhagic Stroke with Preserved Diagnostic Accuracy: Optimization and Assessment of Routine Dual Energy Head CT Scanning in a Level I Trauma Center

Jack Grinband, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2015
Columbia University- New York, NY
Detecting Non-enhancing Glioblastoma Using Resting-State fMRI


Erin Simon Schwartz, MD
Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2015
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD
Comparative Effectiveness Research Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2014
UW Health UW Hospital Clinics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Utility of fMRI as a Pre-surgical Planning Tool in Brain Tumor Patients

Ajay Gupta, MD
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2014
Weill Cornell Medical College New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Multi-parametric MRI Assessment of Cerebral Hemodynamics and Carotid Plaque in Asystomatic Carotid Stenosis

Brian A. Gordon, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2014
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Investigating Tau Pathology in vivo in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease


Yvonne W. Lui, MD
Women in Neuroradiology Leadership Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2014
NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York


Monica Pearl, MD, DABR
Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Grant Recipient Year: 2013
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Highly Selective MRI-Guided Targeting of Intra-arterial Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery to the Brainstem in a Rabbit Model of Mannitol-Induced Blood Brain Barrier Disruption

Ali Tabesh, PhD
Research Scientist Award
Grant Recipient Year: 2013
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Diffusional Kurtosis MRI Evaluation of Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy