Recent Honors & Awards

Faculty

Sergio Baranzini, PhD has won the Barancik Prize for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research, awarded by the National MS Society.

Jessica de Leon, MD, Jill Goslinga, MD, MPH, and Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD have been named UCSF Population Health Equity Scholars for their exemplary commitment to advancing neurology research with a focus on diverse communities.

Vanja Douglas, MD has won the 2024 Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching given by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

Dawn Gano, MD, MAS has been selected as a UCSF Exceptional Physician Award Winner. She will be honored in a virtual award presentation on UCSF’s observance of Doctors’ Day on March 28th.

Renaud La Joie, PhD won the Christopher Clark Award at the Human Amyloid Imaging meeting. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of PET imaging in dementia.

Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, PhD has been awarded the 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience. This prestigious award goes to early-career scholars with significant achievements and leadership potential.

Paul Sampognaro, MD has received the PISCES Teaching Award for his outstanding dedication to teaching in the PISCES Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship.

Vineeta Singh, MD has won the Association of Indian Neurologists in America (AINA) Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented by the American Brain Foundation.

William Weiss, MD, PhD has been selected by the American Academy of Neurology as the recipient of the 2024 Neuro-oncology Scientific Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in neuro-oncology research.

Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhDBruce Miller, MD, Alex Pollen, PhD, Gil Rabinovici, MD, and Bill Seeley, MD were among the 32 UCSF scientists who were recognized as the most influential and impactful individuals in their fields. Researchers were chosen according to authorship of highly-cited journal articles – those that ranked in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year over the past decade. Analysis of research citations was conducted by the science and intellectual property company, Clarivate.

Bruce Ovbiagele, MDMSc, MAS, MBA, MLS has been appointed a Fellow of the International Science Council (ISC) in recognition of outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good.

John W. Engstrom, MD has won the Parker Palmer Courage to Teach Award, given by the ACGME in recognition of his excellence as a program director.

Staff

Jenn Cantero won the GME Excellence and Innovation Award in recognition of her work to improve graduate medical education at UCSF.

The following staff in Neurology have won the STAR Achievement Awards, which recognize sustained, exceptional performance and/or significant contributions from an employee(s) over an extended period of time. 

Rudy Asuncion
Jenn Cantero
Sarah Corr
Luz Kong
Camellia Latta
Christina Liu
Melinda Matice
Stacey Morris
Dominica Randazzo
Iris Solorzano
Locus Yuen

Trainees

Kwame Adjepong, MD has been named a John A. Watson Faculty Scholar.  He has also been recognized as Fellow of the Year for the Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine Fellowship.

Lauren Hammer, MD, PhD, Neurology Fellow, has won the Newman Award, given by the San Francisco Neurological Society to the author of the best paper dealing with clinical neurology.

John Pluvinage MD, PhD, Neurology resident, has won the Alliance Award: S. Weir Mitchell, given by the AAN in recognition of his outstanding achievements in basic science research.

Martineau Louiné, MD, Clinical and Postdoctoral Fellow, has won the AAN's Clinical Research Training Scholarship to support his research on TB meningitis.

Eleanor Palser, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the Memory and Aging Center, won the Chancellor Award for the Advancement of Women, following her paper in Nature that highlighted the underrepresentation of women in the editorial boards of neuroscience and psychology journals.