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IBNS 2025 Travel Awards

We are pleased to announce the recipients (listed alphabetically by category) for the IBNS Travel Awards for the 2025 meeting in Tromsø, Norway.  Award winners will receive an award certificate, free registration to the 2025 meeting, participation in the mentorship program, participation in the Travel Award Blitz presentations, and attendance to all other trainee events held during the meeting. Travel awardees will present their research orally and in a poster session. Travel awards are funded by the IBNS and its members.  

Postdoctoral Awards
Indra Bishnoi, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, United States
 Dana Conlisk, INSERM, France
 Cyprien Guerrin, Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands
 Maxine Loh, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
 Cristina María Ríos, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
 Patricia Miguel, McGill University, Canada
 
Graduate Awards
Maria Julieta Boezio, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
 Christina Curran-Alfaro, Drexel University College of Medicine, United States
 Ella Doornaert, Western University, Canada
 Sui Hin Ho, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
 Patrick Ichipi-Ifukor, Delta State University, Nigeria
 Matías Jávega Cometto, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology of Cordoba, Argentina
 Joelma Lucio, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
 Takumi Yamasaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
 
Undergraduate Awards
Luiza Araujo Rocha, California State University-Sacramento, United States
Abanoub Armanious, Rutgers University, United States 

Travel Award Sponsored by Med Associates, Inc.
Shahaboddin Zarei, Institute of Neuroscience (ION), China
 

Congratulations to the travel awardees and thank you to the Education and Training Committee for their thoughtful and diligent review of the many applications! 
IBNS Education and Training Committee: 

Sharon Furtak, Chair, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA 
Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, Co-Chair, UNSW Sydney, Haymarket, Australia, 
Matthew McMurray, (Past Chair),  Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA 
Fiona Hollis, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA 
Stacey Rizzo, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 
Stefano Sandrone, Imperial College London, London, UK
Arturo Zavala, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA 
Haven Predale, Rowen University, Woodbury, NJ, USA 

 

 

The trainee travel awards are an integral part of the IBNS annual meeting, allowing qualifying student/postdoc members to attend and present their research. 100% of the donations are applied to the travel awards which help reduce the cost of attendance for the awardees. Awards are given annually, require attendance and presentation of research at the meeting and are highly competitive.  IBNS is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and donations are tax-deductible. No goods or services will be provided for this gift. Please consult your tax advisor regarding specific questions about your deductions.

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