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The World Brain Mapping Foundation (WBMF) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s awards. These awards recognize outstanding achievements in brain mapping research, education, and service.

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Gathering For Cure Awards

Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award
The Beacon Award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage and dedication for increasing awareness about neurological diseases, and for patients and their families who have exceeded expectations in fighting a neurological disorder with unprecedented courage. The Beacon Award identifies remarkable individuals who set the highest standards for increasing awareness of, and fighting, neurological diseases.
The Humanitarian Award is given to physicians and scientists who have contributed significantly to survival and quality of life of patients across the Globe.
The Pioneer in Technology Award is presented to the trail blazing companies and their CEOs/presidents who have facilitated the development of pioneering technologies through interdisciplinary approaches that have impacted diagnostics, treatment, and healthcare delivery in unprecedented ways.
The Pioneer in Medicine Award is presented to individuals who have significantly contributed to the scientific advancement in the fields of medicine and image guided therapy through a multidisciplinary approach. Their groundbreaking contributions have made development of state-of-the-art technology and scientific discovery a reality.
The Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award is presented to lawmakers who have demonstrated visionary and crossdisciplinary approaches to introducing laws that have contributed to the advancement of science, technology, education, and medicine. They have paved the way to better integration of such advancements in other fields, like medicine and neuroscience. These lawmakers champion better healthcare for all.
Add Your The Golden Axon Leadership Award is presented to individuals outside of the medical community who inspire with good will and an enthusiastic interest in science, technology and medicine. Named for the neuron cell fiber that carries outgoing messages to other target cells, the founding principle of the Axon Award is to recognize a highly regarded individual in the public sector who helps raise awareness and funding of WBMF and its mission in the community via fundraising event(s) and activities.eading Text Here
The WBMF Young Investigator’s Initiative is designed to recognize promising young scientists performing work in the brain sciences relevant to the World Brain Mapping Foundation. While this year’s awardees will not be receiving any financial incentives, this recognition will be a stepping stone for future recognition within and beyond the WBMF’s wide ranging collaborative partners.
The WBMF Student Service and Leadership Award is given to recognize excellence and commitment to dedicated fellows, interns, and students who have contributed to the advancement of medicine, specifically the neurosciences.
Add Your Heading TLate Robin Sidhu (1988 – 2015), a young ebullient science driven and information technology (IT) savvy person, died of an accident at an early age. His mission to accomplish in-depth understanding of human mind and health remained incomplete due to his early departure but his legacy will remain through supporting young innovative minds in science through this award.ext Here

Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award

Minoru Freund

March 13, 2025

Dr. Minoru M. Freund Award Presentation: BEACON OF COURAGE AND DEDICATION AWARD (VIDEO)

Montel Williams

March 13, 2025

Montel Williams is American television personality, radio talk show host, and actor.

Stephen Hawking

March 13, 2025

Professor Stephen Hawking Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at

William Kyle Carpenter

March 13, 2025

Dr. Bennet Omalu, Congressman Andy Harris and Corporal Carpenter Receive Prestigious Recognition by a Leading BRAIN MAPPING ASSOCIATION, which has Launched and Supported GLOBAL BRAIN

Travis Roy

March 13, 2025

Founder, Travis Roy Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Grants & Research

Humanitarian Award

C. L. Max Nikias

March 26, 2025

C. L. Max Nikias is the eleventh president of the University of Southern California. He holds the Robert C. Packard President’s Chair

Eva Hsieh

March 26, 2025

For as long as Eva can remember, she has always had a strong appreciation in the beauty she sees around her. From flowers to insect,

Pioneer in Technology Development Award

X2 Biosystems

March 27, 2025

X2 Biosystems Awarded Pioneer in Healthcare Technology Award by The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Award recognizes X2’s innovations in impact sensor technology shown

Mei Mei Hu

March 27, 2025

Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of United Neuroscience

Richard Tyc

March 27, 2025

Vice President of Technology and Advance Development, Monteris Medical

Pioneer in Medicine Award

Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award

Gabrielle Giffords

March 26, 2025

Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. She is the third woman in Arizona’s history to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

James Moran

March 26, 2025

U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District

Earl Blumenauer

March 26, 2025

U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District

Chaka Fattah

March 26, 2025

SMBT2014 Gala Awards Pt2 – Pioneer in Healtcare Fattah-Abbott (VIDEO)

Golden Axon leadership Award

Jeffrey C. Wang

March 26, 2025

Dr. Wang’s reputation for consistently providing excellent patient care, outstanding qualifications and experience has earned him immense respect from patients and physicians alike. He has

Warren Wilson Boling Jr

March 26, 2025

Dr. Boling earned his MD from Texas Tech University Health Science Center, School of Medicine, in 1991. After medical school, he completed a surgical internship

Wes Ashford

March 26, 2025

Dr. Ashford is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (affiliated) at Stanford University and the Director of the War Related Illness and Injury

Michael J. Roy

March 26, 2025

Michael Roy, MD, Col. (Ret.) is professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Military Internal Medicine at Uniformed Services University and director of

Mike Y. Chen

March 26, 2025

Vice President of World Brain Mapping Foundation, Vice President of Government and Strategic Alliance WBMF and SBMT, CA, USA

Kasif Nevzat Tarhan

March 26, 2025

Nevzat Tarhan was born in Merzifon/Turkey in 1952. He finished Kuleli Military High School in 1969 and graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical School Ístanbul University in

Young Investigator Award

Wonhye Lee

March 27, 2025

Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Director, Invertebrate Neuromodulation Lab (INL), Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dong Song

March 27, 2025

Dong Song is a research associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

Debraj Mukherjee

March 27, 2025

Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Benjamin Aribisala

March 27, 2025

Professor of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria; Honorary Fellow Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (CCBS), Neuroimaging Sciences, The University of

Alexander Stahn

March 26, 2025

Assistant Professor, Medical Science in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, Department of Psychiatry

Ajeet Kaushik

March 26, 2025

Assistant Professor, Centre of Personalized Nanomedicine, Department of Immunology, Florida International University (FIU)

Student Service and Leadership Award

Marco Amaya

March 27, 2025

Marco T. Amaya, Jr., MD/MPH, Research and Global Policy Fellow with SBMT, Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics. Pacoima, California Medical Research PTSD in Veterans.

Robin Sidhu Memorial Young Scientist Award

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