The Votes are in – Our Docs are Tops!
Congratulations to members of the department who were voted The Top Doctors in Seattle for 2021 by Seattle.
Department Announcements
Christine Mac Donald, PhD to lead Neuroimaging Core of $56 million NIH grant to expand Alzheimer’s research
The National Institute of Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding a grant expected to total $55.6 million to the Adult Changes in Thought study (ACT), led by the University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente Washington and the University of California San Diego.
Guilherme Barros, MD wins the Robert J. Dempsey, MD, Cerebrovascular Resident Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Barros whose proposal, “Modeling effect of hemodynamic changes on endothelial transcriptional profile of cerebral aneurysms after endovascular flow diversion treatment,” was selected to receive the $15,000 Robert J. Dempsey, MD Cerebrovascular Resident Research Award.
Rajeev Sen, MD receives the SNIS Young Investigator Research Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Sen, whose proposal “Using single cell RNA sequencing to delineate the cellular and subcellular mechanisms behind intracranial aneurysm formation and progression” was selected to receive the $25000 SNIS Young Investigator Research Grant.
Meet the UW Neurological Surgery Summer Student Program Class of 2021!
We are excited to introduce the NIH-funded University of Washington Summer Research Experience in Translational Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery Program Class of 2021!
Monica Vavilala, MD elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to Dr. Vavilala, UW Professor of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Neurological Surgery and Director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC)...
Madeline Greil, MD receives the Association of VA Surgeons Foundation Resident Research Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Dr. Greil whose proposal “Using Automated Pupillometry for Prediction of Intracranial Hypertension in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury” was selected to receive the $25,000 AVAS Foundation award.
Get to know Mahesh Karandikar, MD, PhD
An interview with Dr. Mahesh Karandikar was featured in a recent issue of UW Medicine’s The Huddle.
Saigal lab member and UW Bioengineering graduating senior, Alejandro Diaz, awarded 2021 College of Engineering Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence
Congratulations to Alejandro Diaz whose capstone research project earned him the prestigious award.
Michael Levitt, MD Receives $95K NIH Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Levitt who was awarded an NIH R01 grant in the amount of $95,149 for his project “Improving the Computational Modeling of Coiled Cerebral Aneurysms through Synchrotron Microtomography.”