Stanford Neurosurgery News
– Wu Tsai Neurosciences InstituteQ&A: Using software engineering to bring back speech in ALS
Erin Kunz, third year PhD student in Electrical Engineering, started her career developing autonomous vehicles at General Motors (GM) — but now she uses her software engineering and machine learning skills in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory at Stanford, led by faculty members Jamie Henderson and the late Krishna Shenoy.
– NeurosurgeryDr. Soltesz received NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship
Congratulations to Ivan Soltesz, PhD, who was awarded the NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship. This award is given to recipients who have shown dedication to superior mentorship and training in neuroscience research. Dr. Soltesz was nominated and supported by his present and past trainees (totaling 15 graduate students and 24 postdoctoral fellows) for this award.
– NeurosurgeryDr. Taiwo received 2022 RUNN Award
Congratulations to Rukayat Taiwo, MD, who received the 2022 SNS Allan Friedman RUNN Research Grant for her project, entitled "Identification of microglial gene signatures essential for the tumorigenicity of Glioblastoma"
– NeurosurgeryWelcome to our new interns!
PGY-1 residents María José Cavagnaro, Joy He, Dhiraj Pangal, and Owen Tan begin their neurosurgical training at Stanford starting June 2023.
– ScopeBrain cancer specialists hope Biden's Moonshot speeds therapies
Stanford Medicine brain cancer researchers joined other thought leaders in Washington, D.C. to discuss what the Biden Administration-led Cancer Moonshot initiative could mean.
