2020s
Matthew Brier, MD, PhD
2019 - 2022
NIH R25. “Developing clinically relevant and biologically meaningful imaging biomarkers of MS disability.”
Present position: Assistant Professor of Neurology (co-mentored with Tammie Benzinger MD, PhD)
Claudia Cantoni, PhD
2019 – 2024
Career Transition Fellowship. “MiR-223: a new potential therapeutic target to modulate myeloid cells in multiple sclerosis” (co-mentor with Laura Piccio, MD, PhD)
Present position: Assistant Professor, Neurology, Barrow Neuroscience Inst, Phoenix AZ
John Ciotti, MD
2019 – 2021
Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship (2020-2021). Human Therapy Trials/Management of MS.
Present position: Assistant professor of neurology at University of South Florida, Tampa.
Cristina Gaudioso, MD
2020 - 2022
Sylvia Lawry physician Fellowship awardee (term 7/1/2021-6/30/2022).
Present position: On extended maternity leave
Laura Ghezzi, MD
2020 – 2023
Post-doctoral fellow of the NMSS: “Characterization and quantification of Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells in patients with Multiple Sclerosis at time of diagnosis and in response to different disease modifying therapies” (co-mentor with Laura Piccio MD PhD).
Present position: Assistant professor of Neurology, University of Milan, Milan Italy
Victoria Levasseur, MD
2018 - 2023
Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship (2021-2023) former NIH R25. "Quantitative gradient echo imaging of MS CNS"
Present position: in private practice in Minnesota
Masoud Majed, MD
2022 - 2023
Present position: Assistant Professor of Neurology at Univ Southern California, Los Angeles (co-mentored with David Clifford MD)
Amjad Samara, MD
2022 - 2023
“Examining surface-in gradient using R2t* imaging.”
Present position: current PGY3 neurology resident
Miguel Tolentino, PhD
"CSF prognostic factors in MS"
Lindsey Wooliscroft, MD
2015 – 2023
“Use of Diffusion Imaging to predict evolution of Black Holes as predict from contrast enhancing MS lesions”
Present position: Assistant Professor of Neurology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
Biao Xiang, PhD
2018 – 2022
Post-doctoral fellow of the NMSS (2020-2022). “Using a Novel MRI technique – Simultaneous Multi-Angular Relaxometry of Tissue – to Measure Evolution of tissue damage in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis”
Present position: Post-doctoral fellow at USC, Los Angeles. (co-mentor was Dmitriy Yablonskiy)