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As Editor-in-Chief of Brain Sciences, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Brain Sciences 2024 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Peng Liu, a PhD student in the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Korea, who is going to attend the Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2024; and Dr. Matthew Chilvers, a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Calgary, USA, with his abstract “White Matter Disconnection Associated With Impaired Motor Recovery After Stroke” accepted by the American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) Annual Conference.
As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800 and an electronic certificate.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Prof. Dr. Stephen D. Meriney Editor-in-Chief, Brain Sciences
Brain Sciences 2024 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Luca Angelini
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Maurilyn Ayon Olivas
University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Terry Lichtor
Rush. University Medical Center
Prof. Silvio Ionta
UNIL
Winner
Peng Liu
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls Universit¨at Tubingen, Germany
Dr. Matthew Chilvers
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Terry Lichtor
Rush. University Medical Center
Prof. Trevor J Crawford
Lancaster University
Prof. Silvio Ionta
UNIL
Winner
Mohd Yaseen Malik
Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, UK,
Meira Maria Forcelini Machado
Robarts Research Institute, Western University, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. N. Scott Litofsky
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Dr. STAVROS DIMITRIADIS
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Dr. Paul E. Engelhardt
Winner
Donato Liloia
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy
Roberta Bettoni
Department of Psychology, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Robert Emmett Kelly
Weill Cornell Medical College
Prof. Heather Bortfeld
University of California, Merced
Prof. Sergey Kasparov
University of Bristol
Dr. Mark Burke
Howard University
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Winner
Katalin
The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, UK
Stephanie Schultz
Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Neuroimaging Core, Washington University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Stephen Meriney
Chairman
University of Pittsburgh
Prof. Pierluigi Zoccolotti
Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Sergey Kasparov
University of Bristol
Dr. Jason Brandt
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Evanthia Bernitsas
Wayne State School of Medicine
Dr. Mark Burke
Howard University
Prof. Konstantin Slavin
University of Illinois at Chicago
Prof. Heather Bortfeld
University of California, Merced
Dr. Andrew Clarkson
REGENBIO Consultants
Winner
Anna-Sophia Wahl
the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Simon Morand-Beaulieu
Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Canada
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