Anoop Patel, MD Receives $600K NIH Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Patel who was awarded an NIH R01 grant in the amount of $600,000 for his project “Defining Cellular States of Quiescence in Human Brain Tumors.”
Department Announcements
Andrew Ko, MD awarded $75K by the Kuni Foundation
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Ko who was awarded a Kuni Foundation research grant in the amount of $75,000 for his project “Measurement and Modulation of Neural Activity in Brain Cancer.”
Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD and Manuel Ferreira, MD, PhD Awarded $75K by the Kuni Foundation
Congratulations to Dr. Ellenbogen and Dr. Ferreira who, along with Dr. Kate Weaver and Dr. Brent Wisse, were awarded a Kuni Foundation research grant in the amount of $75,000 for their project “Predicting Medication-Resistant and Atypical Pituitary Adenomas in Children and Adults Using a Cell-Free DNA Approach.”
Jeffrey Herron, PhD Awarded $280K by Weill Neurohub
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Herron who was awarded a Weill Neurohub research grant in the amount of $280,373 for his project “Automated Optimization of Adaptive DBS for Parkinson’s Disease.”
Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD receives DOD grant
Congratulations to Dr. Hofstetter who along with Dr. Chet Moritz was awarded a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs grant in the amount of $410,176 (1st year) for their project “Closed-loop Spinal Stimulation for Restoration of Upper Extremity Function After Spinal Cord Injury.”
Get to know Anoop Patel, MD
An interview with Dr. Anoop Patel is featured in the March 10th issue of UW Medicine’s The Huddle.
Paper Co-authored by Randall Chesnut, MD and Nancy Temkin, PhD Reaches Major Milestone
Congratulations tor Dr. Chesnut and Dr. Temkin whose paper “A Trial of Intracranial-Pressure Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury,” which was published in the December 27, 2012 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, has been cited over 1000 times.
Franck Kalume, PhD included in Cell Mentor’s List of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America
Congratulations to Dr. Kalume who is one of seven University of Washington scientists included in Cell Mentor’s list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists published in December 2020.
Three UW Department of Neurological Surgery Residents to Receive NIH R-25 Grants Totaling $277K!
Congratulations to Guilherme Barros, MD, Madeline Greil, MD and Sananthan Sivakanthan, MD whose proposals have been selected for NIH funding effective July 1, 2021.
Samuel Browd, MD, PhD appointed Associate Editor of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Browd who has been appointed Associate Editor of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Pediatric Neurosurgery publishes new information and observations in pediatric neurosurgery, neurology, neuroradiology, and neuropathology.