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
Behnam Badie
City of Hope Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery Chief, Division of Neurosurgery Director, Brain Tumor Program, Neurosurgeon
Gabrielle Giffords
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Award Presentation: BEACON OF COURAGE AND DEDICATION AWARD and PIONEER IN HEALTHCARE POLICY AWARD (VIDEO)
Humanitarian Award
Kateryna Potapova
2023 Award Recipient Clinical Research Associate | Research Fellow (2021-2023)
Geoffrey Ling
Colonel honored with humanitarian award from the Brain Mapping Foundation for work with TBI FALLS CHURCH, VA (June 11, 2012) — U.S. Army Colonel Geoffrey
Pioneer in Technology Development Award
Cameron Piron, MS
Industry-recognized leader and innovator in image-guided surgery. Awarded University of Waterloo’s Alumni Achievement medal for leading Sentinelle Medical in researching and manufacturing leading-edge MRI technologies
Pioneer in Medicine Award
Paul M. Thompson
See Biography: Here Paul Thompson is a Professor in the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His team’s research projects focus on the neuroscience, mathematics,
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
Deborah Zelinsky
Her global reputation is due, in part, to her discovery of the use of eyeglasses to alter sound location and subsequent development of the Z-Bell
Vicky Yamamoto
Dr. Yamamoto’s pioneering work on mammalian Ryk was conducted at the laboratory of Professor David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate-1975, at California Institute of Technology. In
Jason Cormier
Dr. Cormier is a native of South Louisiana, where he graduated from St Thomas More High School in Lafayette, La. A former LSU basketball player
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
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.
Young Investigator Award
Vicky Yamamoto
Cancer Scientist, USC-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC-Keck School of Medicine, CA, USA | Executive Director of SBMT | Member of the Executive Board of the
Reza Tadayon-Nejad
Psychiatry Resident (Neuroscience Research Track), Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Rahul Dev Jayant
Assistant Professor, Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM), Florida International University
Nasser Kashou
Assistant Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University
Student Service and Leadership Award
Kevin Morris
In Pursuit of Healthcare Excellence, Every Step of the Way. Dr. Kevin Morris, MBBS, has consistently demonstrated a passion for pursuing excellence in academics or
John Fiallos
Dr. John Fiallos is a native of Ecuador, where he earned his medical degree from the Guayaquil University. His passion for table tennis made him
Joe F. Bolanos
A Passion for Innovation in Healthcare Dr. Joe F. Bolanos, embodies a compelling fusion of medical expertise and technological acumen. With an unwavering interest in
Robin Sidhu Memorial Young Scientist Award
