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.
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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
C. L. Max Nikias
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
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
Amin Kassam
Over the past two decades, Dr. Kassam has been the Chairman or led four Neurosurgery programs; pioneered and globally taught novel surgical procedures; founded or
Pioneer in Medicine Award
Warren Grundfest
Heavily involved in SPIE conferences as a chair, committee member, and presenter since the early 90s, Grundfest was active in the earliest iterations of SPIE
Sujuan Ba, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR). One of the top 300 Women Leaders in Global Health.
Robert Hariri
Dr. Hariri pioneered the use of stem cells to treat a range of life-threatening human diseases and continues today to make transformative contributions in the
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
Saleem Abdulrauf
American physician specializing in neurosurgery in St. Louis, Missouri, who has helped develop high-flow brain bypass surgery, a less invasive procedure for treating intracranial aneurysm than methods used previously.
Jeffrey C. Wang
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
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
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
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
Vice President of World Brain Mapping Foundation, Vice President of Government and Strategic Alliance WBMF and SBMT, CA, USA
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.
