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RESEARCH
Each year, the Brain Aneurysm Foundation awards grants for research focused on early detection,
improved treatments, and technological advances that will ultimately improve the outcomes for patients
with brain aneurysms.
In 2018, the Brain Aneurysm Foundation awarded $500,000 in research grants to 13 recipients, the largest
amount awarded in one year to date. Since its inception, the foundation — the largest private funder of
brain aneurysm research in the nation — has distributed more than $2.5 million in research grants.
The Research Grant Committee is led by the foundation’s Medical Advisory Board president Robert
Rosenwasser, MD, of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The committee reviews all grant applications
to identify those of the greatest merit that align with the foundation’s mission.
Some of the 2018 research grant recipients at the BAF Annual Research Symposium in Pittsburgh PA, with BAF founder Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD
(seated, second from left), and host presenter Brian T. Jankowitz, MD (standing, first from left).
2018 RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENTS
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$30,000 awarded to JINGLU AI, MD, PhD
University of Toronto $50,000 awarded to UMESHKUMAR ATHIRAMAN, MD
Washington University
Project: The Role of Macrophages in Brain Injury after Experimental
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Project: Isoflurane Conditioning for SAH-Induced Delayed Cerebral
Ischemia: The Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
Running Against Ruptures - Bob Wood Chair of Research: $20,000 Ellie Helton Chair of Research: $45,000
Donald Sutherland Chair of Research: $10,000 Northwell Health - North Shore University Hospital Brain
Aneurysm Center Chair of Research: $5,000