Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
The American Society of Neuroradiology funds imaging-based research that advance our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, help identify new treatment strategies, provide information to improve care for people with dementia, and further our knowledge of brain health and disease prevention. Our awards support investigators at every professional stage and always include categories specifically designed to help talented young scientists establish careers in Alzheimer’s imaging research.
Priya Rajagopalan, MBBS, MPH
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2023
University of Southern California
Assessing Brain volumes and White matter Microstructure in Alzheimer’s Disease in relation to Astrocyte and Oligodendrocyte based genetic subtypes
Vivek Prabhakaran, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Use of AI for intermodality conversion of brain MR to PET for diagnosis of AD, MCI, and aging normals
Ana Franceschi, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2021
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health
[18F] PI-2620 PET in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Susie Y. Huang, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2020
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Exploring the relationship between tau deposition and neurovascular health in Alzheimer’s disease
Ilya Nasrallah, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2019
University of Pennsylvania
Evaluation of [F18]NOS as a Novel PET Radiotracer for Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
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
Sumit Niogi, MD, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2017
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Amount Funded: $242,140.00. Development of a Clinically Integrated Prognostic Tool for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Deep Machine Learning Operating on a Connectome Network Diffusion Model
Christopher G Filippi, MD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2017
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Amount Funded: $100,000.00. Development of a Novel, Quantitative MR Imaging Biomarker of Glymphatic Flow for Alzheimer’s Disease
Elizabeth Davenport, PhD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2017
University of Texas Southwestern
Amount Funded: $99,952.00. MEG Spectral Analysis as a Biomarker in Alzheimer’s Disease
Bruce A. Wasserman, MD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2016
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Amount Funded: $229,650.00. Developing an imaging biomarker for Alzheimer’s dementia based on vascular dysfunction
David J. Mikulis, MD
Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders
Grant Recipient Year: 2016
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Amount Funded: $229,650.00. Developing an imaging biomarker for Alzheimer’s dementia based on vascular dysfunction