Faculty
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD recieved the Pignolo Award for Aging Research, which is given by the University of Pennsylvania for an outstanding contribution to the field of biogerontology.
Stephen Hauser, MD has received the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his transformational work in multiple sclerosis.
Courtney Lane-Donovan, MD, PhD has been named as a recipient of the Excellence in Teaching for Clinical Faculty Award, given by the the UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2025.
Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD has been elected as the president of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS).
Gil Rabinovici, MD and Bill Seeley, MD have been named as the recipients of the 2025 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases. The awarad is given by the American Academy of Neurology and American Brain Foundation in recognition of these scientists’ research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Ann Poncelet, MD and Nicole Rosendale, MD have received the Department of Neurology’s Faculty Mentoring Award for oustanding contributions to faculty mentoring. They were honored at the annual Faculty Mentoring Event last month.
Michael Wilson, MD, MAS has been elected to membership in the Association of American Physicians (AAP).
Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Ralph L. Sacco Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Award given by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Mark Terrelonge, MD, MPH has won the 2025 AAN A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award given by the American Academy of Neurology.
Ahmed Abdelhak, MD won the American Neurological Association (ANA) Emerging Scholars Award for the abstract he presented during the ANA Annual Meeting.
Trainees
Mercedes Robinson, MD, a resident in Neurology, has received the Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.), recognizing residents or fellows who have been outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models to medical students during their clinical years at UCSF.
Aaron Colverson, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow, has been awarded the Renée Fleming NeuroArts Investigator Award, given to researchers in the emerging field of neuroarts.
Sherry Chen, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in Neurology, won the Henry Newman Award, given by the San Francisco Neurological Society for her paper, “Pathology-specific patterns of cerebellar atrophy in neurodegenerative disorders.”
John Pluvinage MD, PhD, Neurology resident, 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.
Staff
The following staff in Neurology have won STAR Achievement Awards, which recognize sustained, exceptional performance and/or significant contributions from an employee(s) over an extended period.
Rudy Asuncion
Alissa Boado
Richard Campusano
Kathleen Colao
Sarah Corr
Adrianna Creese
Ashley Knudson
Christina Liu
Ann Martin
Nancy Puckett
Iris Solorzano
Charlie Toohey
Janet Yau
Locus Yuen