Previous Honorees
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.
501 (c)(3)
Non-Profit Charitable Organization
Gathering For Cure Awards
Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award
Humanitarian Award
Pioneer in Technology Award
Pioneer in Medicine Award
Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award
Golden Axon Leadership Award
Young Investigator Award
Student Service and Leadership Award
Robin Sidhu Memorial Young Scientist Award
Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award

Nicole Hockley & Mark Barden
Nicole Hockley chose to transform unspeakable grief and anguish into action after her youngest son, Dylan, was murdered in his first-grade classroom during the Sandy
Humanitarian Award

Anthony Fauci
From Wikipedia Anthony Stephen Fauci (/ˈfaʊtʃi/ FOW-chee; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from

Sanjay Gupta
From Wikipedia Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon, medical reporter, and writer. He serves as associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta,

General Mark Milley
GENERAL MARK A. MILLEY Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley is the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

Oleksandra Kashyrina
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Deepak Chopra
DEEPAK CHOPRA MD, MD, FACP, FRCP founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day

Alya Michelson
Co-chair of Michelson Philanthropies a Los Angeles-based private operating foundation striving to create transformative opportunities that support vulnerable and underserved communities. Founded FirstGen, a storytelling
Pioneer in Technology Development Award


X2 Biosystems
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
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of United Neuroscience



Pioneer in Medicine Award
Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award

Gabrielle Giffords
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.




Cathy McMorris Rodgers
U.S. Representative for Washington’s 5th Congressional District

Golden Axon leadership Award

Kasif Nevzat Tarhan
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

Reinhard Schulte
Dr. Reinhard Schulte has more than 18 years of experience in proton radiation therapy and proton radiosurgery. He has a doctorate in medicine (summa cum laude)

George Perry, PhD
Professor of biology and chemistry at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the former dean of the College of Sciences. Editor-in-Chief of the

Harry Kloor
Dr. Harry Kloor is a successful serial entrepreneur, scientist, technologist, educator, policy advisor, author, and Hollywood filmmaker. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Beyond

Kenneth P. Green
Kenneth P. Green, D.M.D., B.S., Dr. Green primarily is a Commander in the United States Navy serving as the Assistant Department Head of the Faculty

David Baron, DO, MSEd
Currently working as a tenured Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, research Professor at Claremont Graduate University. David Baron, DO, MSEd, is Senior Vice
Young Investigator Award

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

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

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

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

Ajeet Kaushik
Assistant Professor, Centre of Personalized Nanomedicine, Department of Immunology, Florida International University (FIU)
Student Service and Leadership Award





Marco Amaya
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.






