Research and Innovation

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.

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.

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. 

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)...

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. 

Congratulations to Alejandro Diaz whose capstone research project earned him the prestigious award.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”