The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R25 mechanism supports the training of clinical residents and fellows to foster careers as physician-scientists. Since 2018, ten residents in our department have been supported by R25 grants.
Current R25 awardees

Ravi Chopra, MD, PhD
Corticospinal Network Instability as a Novel Disease Mechanism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Mentors: Keith Hengen, PhD, Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
Years awarded: 2023-2024

BJ Heuermann, MD, PhD
MRI Correlates of Concussion and Inattention in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
Mentors: Anne Cross, MD, Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD
Years awarded: 2023-2024

Emmanuel Perez, MD, PhD
Effect of astrocyte and microglial ApoE on TBI-mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Mentors: David Holtzman, MD, Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD
Years awarded: 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Michelle Rudman, MD, PhD
Effect of Statins on Brain ApoE
Mentor: David Holtzman, MD
Years awarded: 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Caroline Tang, MD, PhD
Modeling microglial-retinal ganglion cell loss in NF-1 optic gliomas
Mentor: David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD
Years awarded: 2022-2023
R25 Fellow Research Symposium
For more information…
David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD (gutmannd@wustl.edu)
