Nearly two dozen scientific research awards are being bestowed upon researchers around the world this year by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Recipients will be honored at the American Academy of Neurology’s 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

This year’s recipients include:

Sleep Science Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the AAN Sleep Section and endowed by Cephalon, Inc.
Carlos H. Schenck, MD / Minneapolis, Minn.
Mark W. Mahowald, MD / Minneapolis, Minn.

Wayne A. Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by UCB, Inc.; Lilly USA; Elite Home Medical & Respiratory, Inc.; Raleigh Neurology Associates; and friends of Wayne A. Hening.
Tiffany Braley, MD, MS / Ann Arbor, Mich.

Founders Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.
Emer McGrath, MB, BCh / Boston, Mass.

S. Weir Mitchell Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the former American Academy of Neurology Alliance.
Richard Ryan Darby, MD / Boston, Mass.

Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by members of the AAN Epilepsy Section; Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Cephalon, Inc.; Cyberonics, Inc.; Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Ortho-McNeil Neurologics; Pfizer Inc; Shire US, Inc; and UCB Pharma.
William Stacey, MD, PhD / Ann Arbor, Mich.

John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Presented by the American Academy of Neurology and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and made possible through a special contribution from the John Dystel Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Alan J. Thompson, MD, FRCP, FAAN / London, United Kingdom

Sheila Essey Award: An Award for ALS Research
Presented by the American Academy of Neurology and The ALS Association and supported through the philanthropy of the Essey Family Fund and The ALS Association.
John M. Ravits, MD, FAAN / La Jolla, Calif.

Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section and endowed through Dr. Geschwind’s family, friends and colleagues; Pfizer Inc.; and the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology.
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD / Washington, D.C.

Mitchell B. Max Award for Neuropathic Pain
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the United States Cancer Pain Relief Committee, the Mayday Fund, and friends of Dr. Mitchell Max.
C. Peter N. Watson, MD / Toronto, Ontario

Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young Investigators
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Lineberry Research; Quintiles; and Dr. Dennis Gillings.
Marios Politis, MD, MSC, DIC, PhD, FEAN / London, United Kingdom

International Scholarship Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
Cyrus Escabillas, MD / Manila, Philippines
Fabio Porto, MD / Sao Paulo, Brazil
Alagoma Iyagba, MD / Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Miguel Wilken, MD / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Julia Pakpoor, MD / Oxford, United Kingdom
Imen Kacem, MD / La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia
Lin Tan, MD / Qingdao, Shandong, China
Roosevelt Francois, MD / Mirebalais, Haiti
Janet Ebid, MD / Cairo, Egypt
JieQiong Li, MD / Qingdao, Shandong, China
Kiran Patil, MD / Puducherry, India
Seid Gugssa, MD / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Makoto Hara, MD / Tokyo, Japan
Fei Han, MD / Beijing, China
FeiFei Zhai, MD / Beijing, China

Lawrence C. McHenry Award: An Award for the History of Neurology
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.
Christopher J. Boes, MD, FAAN / Rochester, Minn.

Medical Student Essay Awards
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.

Extended Neuroscience Award
Aaron Bown / Denver, Colo.

G. Milton Shy Award in Clinical Neurology
Moon Jeong Lee / Baltimore, Md.

Roland P. Mackay Award in Historical Aspects
Bob Sun / Cleveland, Ohio

Saul R. Korey Award in Experimental Neurology
Chelsea Zhang / Dallas, Texas

Medical Student Diversity Scholarships
Sponsored by a grant from the Allergan Foundation and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gabriel Arismendi / Newark, N.J.
Jabari Bailey / Washington, D.C.
Camilo Bermudez Noguera / Nashville, Tenn.
Kamila Bond / Rochester, Minn.
Victor Ekuta / San Diego, Calif.
Mikalei Gordon / Washington, D.C.
Samantha Roman / Baltimore, Md.
Merrick Tan / Washington, D.C.
Justin Williams / Rochester, N.Y.
Reid Woods / Washington, D.C.
Movement Disorders Research Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation through an endowment.
Andrew Singleton, PhD / Bethesda, Md.

Neuroendocrine Research Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and supported by friends of Dr. Andrew Herzog.
Gustavo Roman, MD, DrHC / Houston, Texas

Neuroscience Research Prize
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.
Pravin Ravishankar / Sunnyvale, Calif.
Tejas Athni / Macon, Ga.
Gokul Kannan / Highland, Md.

Child Neurology Neuroscience Research Prize
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.
Lauren Singer / Scarsdale, N.Y.

Neuro-oncology Investigator Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by the AAN Neuro-oncology Section and supported by friends of Dr. Jerome Posner.
Michelle Monje, MD, PhD / Stanford, Calif.

Neuro-oncology Scientific Award
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the AAN Neuro-oncology Section and supported by friends of Dr. WK Alfred Yung.
Maria Suva, MD, PhD / Boston, Mass.

Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Dr. Pessin’s family, friends and colleagues.
James F. Burke, MD, MS / Ann Arbor, Mich.

Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin Family.
Claudia Kawas, MD / Irvine, Calif.
Kristine Yaffe, MD / San Francisco, Calif.

Irwin Schatz Award for Autonomic Disorders
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Lundbeck, Inc.
Phillip A. Low, MD, FAAN / Rochester, Minn.

Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.
Yogeshwar V. Kalkonde, MD / Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India

Harold Wolff-John Graham: An Award for Headache/Facial Pain Research
Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and endowed by Endo Pharmaceuticals.
Simple Futarmal Kothari / Aarhus, Denmark