2017 Award Recipients Why the Recipient Was Chosen: Moon Jeong Lee is receiving this award for her study exploring the use of a sleep application in patients with brain injury. The essay was well written and may provide a novel method for evaluating sleep disruption in patients with history of acute brain injury.
Medical Student Essay Awards: Roland P. Mackay Award in Historical Aspects Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology Recipient: Bob Sun Cleveland, OH hank You Statement: I would like to thank Paul Ford, PhD, T Director of the NeuroEthics program at the Cleveland Clinic, who guided me through the independent study that resulted in this paper. Why the Recipient Was Chosen: The committee awarded Bob Sun the Roland P. McKay Award for the outstanding essay on the role of neuromodulation as a modern iteration of psychosurgery, the historical intervention for psychiatric disorders. The essay focuses on important historical events and places them into a modern context.
Medical Student Essay Awards: Saul R. Korey Award in Experimental Neurology Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology Recipient: Chelsea Zhang Dallas, TX hank You Statement: I am deeply grateful for my colleagues T Jennifer Fehmel, Melanie Truong, the KD team, and my mentors Dr. Bert Vargas, Dr. Lauren Phillips, and Dr. Mark Alberts for all their guidance and encouragement. Why the Recipient Was Chosen: Chelsea Zhang’s excellent essay compares two objective balance measures that help screen for concussion. The essay demonstrated a high level of agreement between the K-D Balance and Sway Balance mobile device applications suggesting that either would function well as a sideline concussion measurement tool.
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