Rohaid Ali, Neurosurgery, was awarded the top international prize in socioeconomic research in neurosurgery, the Julius Goodman Award, at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting in San Francisco.

Elijah Persad-Paisley MD'24 is first author on a paper in the Journal of Neurosurgery, "Continued underrepresentation of historically excluded groups in the neurosurgery pipeline: an analysis of racial and ethnic trends across stages of medical training from 2012 to 2020."

Megan Ranney, Emergency Medicine, was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine.

Micaela Weaver, Surgery, was named one of 40 Under 40 Outstanding Women Surgeons by the Association of Women Surgeons. She was also initiated as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Carlos Aizenman-Stern, Neuroscience, received $398,750 for “Dysregulation of developing neural circuits during epileptogenesis” from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Leslie Brick, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $103,215 for “Attentional biases for affective cues as a mechanism of risk in children of depressed mothers. The grant is a subaward through Binghamton University from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 

Kelvin De Leon, Neuroscience, received $93,504 for “Epilepsy Mechanisms and the Path to Intervention” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Sponsor is Judy Liu.

Xiaoqun Dong, Medicine, received $100,000   for “Armored TRUCK Runs Over Breast Cancer” from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation.”

Wafik S. El-Deiry, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $181,886 for “ONC201/TIC10 Anti-tumor Effect Through Regulation of the TRAIL pathway” from the National Cancer Institute. The award is a diversity supplement for Kimberly Mezza.         

Alexis Gimovsky and Methodius Tuuli, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants Hospital, received $1,029,584 for “Maternal Oxygen Supplementation for Intrauterine Resuscitation: A Multicenter Randomized Trial.”

Diane Hoffman-Kim, Neuroscience, received $125,000 for “Collaborative Research: Electromagnet-integrated optical microscope stage with biocompatible magnetogel for investigating mechanobiology in 2D and 3D” from the National Science Foundation.

Sheldon Holder, pathology and laboratory medicine, was one of two winners in the contest run by the foundation Cures Within Reach. He won $70,000 for his proposal to repurpose a prostate cancer drug to treat bladder cancer in the same way – by blocking testosterone.

Alvin Huang, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (MCB) received $300,000 for “Bioengineering cortical microtissues to study APOE in human microglia” from the Alzheimer's Association. He also received $30,000 for “The role of HI3L1/YKL-40 in neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease - continuation.” The grant is a subaward from Rhode Island Hospital through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

George Lisi, MCB, received $1,578,915 for “Unraveling the Allosteric Mechanism of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor with Molecular Resolution” from NIGMS.                   

Jeffrey R. Morgan, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $35,000 for “Overcoming the Obstacles to Regulatory Acceptance and Commercialization of Alternatives to Animals in Testing and Research” from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Nathalie Oulhen, MCB, received $30,000 “Mechanisms of Quiescence in Stem Cells and its impact on aging – continuation.” The grant is a subaward through Rhode Island Hospital from the NIGMS. Mentor is Gary Wessel.

Arthur R. Salomon, MCB, received $677,770  for “Defining the Unique Properties of the Distinct Signaling Machinery Used by the TCR (Proteomics Core) - continuation.” The grant is a subaward through University of California, San Francisco from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.      

Vivian Sung, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants Hospital, received $1,476,075 for the Brown/WIH Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Site from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.