NREF Announces 2022-23 Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Awards
NREF provides funding for studies in basic, translational and patient-oriented clinical research for investigators in North America through this annual research grant program.
Open to residents only, the NREF Research Fellowship Grant provides training for neurosurgeons who are preparing for academic careers as clinician investigators. Applicants must be physicians who have been accepted into, or who are currently in approved residency training programs in neurological surgery in North America.
The NREF Young Clinician Investigator Award supports junior faculty who are pursuing careers as clinical investigators. Applicants must be neurosurgeons, no more than two years from the end of their clinical training, who are full-time faculty in North American teaching institutions.
The 2022-2023 Research Fellowship Grant and Young Clinician Investigator Award recipients are:
Nitin Agarwal, MD , Washington University School of Medicine
Award : NREF & Academy of Neurological Surgeons Young Clinician Investigator Award
Project Title : Predicting Spinal Cord Injury Prognosis Using a Novel Non-Invasive Biomarker
Sponsor : Wilson Z. Ray MD, FAANS
Diane Aum, MD , Washington University in St. Louis
Award : NREF & Henry G. Schwartz Research Fellowship Grant
Project Title : Determinants of Cognitive Outcome through Functional Resting State and White Matter Connectivity in Pediatric Patients with Posterior Fossa Tumors
Sponsor : Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS
Gabriel Friedman, MD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Award : NREF & Academy of Neurological Surgeons Research Fellowship Grant
Project Title : Recapitulating proprioceptive function via biological actuation in a neural prosthetic model
Sponsor : Hugh Herr, PhD
Christopher S. Graffeo, MD , University of Oklahoma
Award : NREF & Albert L. Rhoton Young Clinician Investigator Award
Project Title : Skull Basics: Novel Tools for Simulation & Education in Complex Cranial Surgery
Sponsor : Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS
Trevor Hardigan, MD, PhD , Mount Sinai Health System
Award : Academy of Neurological Surgeons Research Fellowship Grant
Project Title : The role of IL-3 in the regulation of post-stroke inflammation
Sponsor : Filip K. Swirski, PhD
Peter J. Madsen, MD , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Award : NREF & AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery Young Clinician Investigator Award
Project Title : Development of CAR-T cells against claudin-6 in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor
Sponsor : Adam C. Resnick, PhD
Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD , Indiana University
Award: NREF & AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Young Clinician Investigator Award
Project Title : Tumor selective retroviral replicating vectors for the treatment of leptomeningeal medulloblastoma
Sponsor : Karen E. Pollok, PhD
Ashish Shah, MD , University of Miami
Award : NREF & Andrew T. Parsa Young Clinician Investigator Award
Project Title : Epigenetic potentiation of immune checkpoint inhibition through endogenous retroviral immune responses
Sponsor : Maria Figueroa
Genaro R. Villa, MD, PhD , Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Award : NREF & StacheStrong Research Fellowship Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors
Project Title : Assessing Tumor-Associated Macrophage Plasticity Regulation by HNRNPH1 to Augment Adaptive Antitumor Responses in Glioblastoma
Sponsor : E. Antonio Chiocca, MD PhD FAANS
Mark William Youngblood, MD , Northwestern University
Award : 2022-23 NREF & Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) Research Fellowship Grant on behalf of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors
Project Title : Molecular Markers of Meningioma Growth Arrest after HDAC Inhibition
Sponsor : Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD
John K. Yue, MD , University of California, San Francisco
Award : NREF & Bagan Family Foundation Research Fellowship Grant
Project Title : Improving Traumatic Brain Injury Stratification and Prognosis through Big Data Harmonization and Machine Learning
Sponsor : Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD, FAANS
The application for the 2023-24 NREF Research Fellowship Grants & Young Clinician Investigator Awards will be available through the NREF Online Grant Portal beginning September 1, 2022.
For more information about grant and fellowship programs, please contact NREF at (847) 378-0500 or info@nref.org.