8th Annual Meeting: ASPNR Meeting Abstract Awards

8TH ANNUAL ASPNR MEETING, TAMPA, FL
SCIENTIFIC ORAL ABSTRACT AWARDS AND SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL POSTER AWARDS

We are pleased to announce the Award recipients for Best Oral Scientific Abstract, Best Scientific, and Educational Posters, and Cum Laude Awards for Scientific and Educational Posters at the 8th Annual ASPNR Meeting in Tampa, FL on January 16-18, 2026.

 

Best Oral Presentation went to Marcia Yoshikawa from the Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School for their work on Preoperative Transcranial Doppler Parameters Predict Outcome After Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy with Choroid Plexus Cauterization in Infant Hydrocephalus
Co-Authors: Marvin Seruwu, BSc, Rutvi Vyas, MSc, Davis Natukwatsa, BSc, Julia Tatz, BSc, Starlin Tindimwebwa, MD, Collins Akugizibwe, BSc, Moses Wabukoma, BSc, Enock Kainja, BSc, Joshua Magombe, BSc, Isaac Emurang, BSc, Esther Nalule, MD, Simeo Ochieng, BSc, Steven Schiff, MD, PhD, Patricia Ellen Grant, M.D., Benjamin Warf, MD, Miriah Kemigisha Katugi, MD, Edith Mbabazi Kabachelor, MD, Jason Sutin, PhD, Pei-Yi Lin, PhD

Best Scientific Poster went to Jonathan Class from the Indiana University School of Medicine for their work on Prenatal Opioid Exposure Associated with Delayed Fetal Brain Maturation in Utero
Co-Authors: Ramana V. Vishnubhotla, Yi Zhao  William T. Reynolds  David M. Haas  Senthilkumar Sadhasivam  Rupa Radhakrishnan

Best Educational Poster went to Rithika Sriram from Nemour's Children's Health for their work on Eyes That Lead the Way: Diagnostic Value of Orbital Abnormalities in Pediatric Neuroimaging
Co-Authors: Dr. Vinay Kandula, Dr. Laura Hayes, Dr. Yashasvi Shukla

Using in vivo MRI imaging as a Biomarker for the Expanded Neonatal Subventricular Zone
Authors: Aunoy Poddar, Melissa Coloma, Quanhao Sun, Duan Xu, Evan Calabrese, Hannah Glass, Yvonne Wu, Hosung Kim, Mercedes Paredes, and Yi Li

Astroblastoma: Radiologic Characterization with Novel Findings and Integrated Molecular Correlation
Authors: Vanessa Rameh, Diego Cardoso Fragoso, Julianne Henneberg, Hannah Schned, Ammar Mallouhi, Johannes Gojo, Marcel Kool, Mariette Kranendonk, Volodia Dangouloff-Ros, Anna Tietze, Brigitte Bison, Johan Pascal, Katja Von Hoff, Gilbert Vezina, Adriana Fonseca, Arastoo Vossough, Aashim Bhatia, Tom Rosenberg, Kshitij Mankad, Camilo Jaimes, Karen Moeller, Tina Young Poussaint, Sanda Alexandrescu, Marten Lequin, and Cesar Augusto Alves

Distinct Radiological Patterns of Fetal Developmental Venous Anomalies: A Cohort Study
Authors: Stephanie Libzon, Moran Hausman-Kedem, Nira Schneebaum-Sender, Lit-Tal Pratt, Zvi Leibovitz, Gustavo Malinger, Karina Krajden Haratz, Shelly Shiran, Catherine Garel, and Liat Ben Sira

Cum Laude Educational Posters (in no particular order):
Extracranial Arteriopathy in Sickle Cell Disease: An Unexpected Discovery
Authors: Stephen Little, Asha Sarma, Austin Wheeler, Alexandra Foust, Darragh Brady, Sumit Pruthi, Andrew Reisner, Lori Jordan, And Bryan Philbrook

Pediatric Neuroradiology for the Next Generation: Inspiring and Educating through Children's Books
Authors: Maryam Kazelka, Madeleine Kucera, And Jennifer Neville Kuera

Little Ears, Big Decisions: A Pictorial Review of the Jahrsdoerfer Grading Scale in Preoperative Assessment of Microtia and Aural Atresia
Authors: Gleidson Silva, Glorirma Urbino Roman, Kanika Gupta, Manish Bajaj, Jennifer Neville Kucera, And Tushar Chandra

Starting With Adem And Ending In A Smart Way: Alphabetic Soup Of Toxic, Post-Infectious, Inflammatory And Immune-Mediated Pediatric NR Disorders
Authors: Ana Filipa Geraldo, Mateus A. Esmeraldo, Melisa Nievas, Francisco Maldonado, Suely Ferracioli, Carlos Rugilo, Mark Halverson, Hisham Dahmoush, And Bruno Soares