Foundation of the ASNR Grant Program
The Foundation of the ASNR Grant Program is presented annually to support members of the ASNR who demonstrate great promise for future contributions to the field of neuroradiology and whose proposed project best embodies the goals of the Foundation of the ASNR: To promote research, education, and innovation in neuroradiology that will advance clinical practice and improve patient outcomes.


Hossein Nejadnik, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Pennsylvania
Simultaneous Generation and MRI Labeling of mRNA GD2-CAR T Cells for Imaging-Guided Immunotherapy in Diffuse Midline Glioma

Jana Ivanidze, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Weill Cornell Medicine
Super-Selective Intra-Arterial [Ga68]DOTATATE PET to Enhance Radiotracer Delivery in Meningioma

Dheeraj Gandhi, MD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
University of Maryland
Safety and efficacy of Intra-arterial Bevacizumab (IA-BEV) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization (MMAE) in Non-surgical Chronic Subdural Hematoma Patients (SAFER-MMAE)

Ramon Barajas Jr., MD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2026
Oregon Health & Science University
Leveraging Lipid Nanoparticles for On-Demand Receptor Expression and Targeted Imaging in Glioblastoma

Sarah Moum, MD, MSc
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Non-contrast-enhanced quantitative 4D MR angiography and rVE-ASL perfusion imaging for pediatric cerebral arteriopathies

Abdelkader Mahammedi, MD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Stanford University School of Medicine
Using Arterial Spin Labeling MRI to Identify the Role of Perfusion and Glymphatics in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Shinjini Kundu, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
Washington University School of Medicine
Investigating Neural Pathways in Genetically-Mediated Autism using Generative Machine Learning

Alexandre Boutet, MD, MSc, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2025
University of Toronto
Deep Brain Stimulation Safety at Low and Ultra-High MRI Field Strengths: Towards a New Method for Unprecedented Direct Probing of Brain Functions

Vivek Yedavalli, MD, MS
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2024
Johns Hopkins University
Utility of MRI Fingerprinting Arterial Spin Labeling in Detection and Characterization of Small Unruptured Arteriovenous Malformations for Treatment Planning

Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2024
University of California San Francisco
Clinical Utility of AI-Enabled Quantitative Meningioma Monitoring

Hosung Kim, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2024
University of Southern California
Novel multi-modal imaging marker for regional glymphatic flow in humans as a potential early biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease

Marios Georgiadis, PhD
Foundation of the ASNR Grants
Grant Recipient Year: 2024
Stanford University School of Medicine
Quantitative Myelin Imaging In AD And Integration With Molecular Biomarkers