·	NREF Research Fellowship
·	NREF Young Clinician Investigator Award
·	Current Research Fellowship and YCI Awardees
·	Research Fellowship and YCI Awardees Yearbook
·	New Awardee Spotlight

Current Research Fellows and YCI Awardees

Thanks to the generous support of the NREF Annual Fundraising Campaign by AANS members, academic departments, hospitals, medical groups, corporate partners and the general public, the NREF awarded eleven (11) research grants this year, focusing on critical research projects in the field of neurological surgery. To view the details of these projects, please select from the fellowship awardees below:

Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
2008 Incoming Awardees

Research Fellows
Betty Kim, MD – University of Toronto
Pawel Ochalski, MD– University of Pittsburgh
Jason S. Weinstein, MD– Oregon Health and Sciences University

NREF/Pinnacle Partners in Neurosurgery Research Grant
Rahul Jandial, MD – University of California San Diego Medical Center

NREF/Spine and Peripheral Nerves Section Research Fellow
Timothy Vogel, MD – University of Iowa

NREF/DePuy Spine Research Fellow
Rollin Hu, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

NREF/Kyphon Research Fellow
Daniel Sciubba, MD – Johns Hopkins University

NREF/Porex Surgical Research Fellow
Suzanne Tharin, MD – Harvard Medical School

Young Clinician Investigators
John Kuo, MD – University of Wisconsin, Madison
Aaron Dumont, MD – University of Virginia

NREF/Biomet Microfixation Young Clinician Investigator Award
Jonathan Miller, MD – Case Western Reserve

2007-2009 ACS/AANS-NREF Faculty Career Development Awardee
Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD – New York University Medical Center