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Published: July 02, 2024

Two researchers to receive first-ever Ralph L. Sacco Scholarships for Brain Health

American Academy of Neurology and American Heart Association award $150,000 scholarships to researchers from Texas, Connecticut
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Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA

Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN (deceased January 17, 2023), was a past president of the American Heart Association (2010-11), former editor-in-chief of the Stroke journal, formerly the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s chairman of neurology; the Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders; the Miller Professor of Neurology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics and Neurosurgery; the executive director of the Evelyn A. McKnight Brain Institute; and senior associate dean for clinical and translational science; and chief of neurology service at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Sacco was also president of the American Academy Neurology (2017-2019).

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Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA

Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN (deceased January 17, 2023), was a past president of the American Heart Association (2010-11), former editor-in-chief of the Stroke journal, formerly the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s chairman of neurology; the Olemberg Family Chair in Neurological Disorders; the Miller Professor of Neurology, Public Health Sciences, Human Genetics and Neurosurgery; the executive director of the Evelyn A. McKnight Brain Institute; and senior associate dean for clinical and translational science; and chief of neurology service at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Sacco was also president of the American Academy Neurology (2017-2019).

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Cyprien Rivier, M.D., M.Sc., postdoctoral research fellow in the Falcone Lab in the Department of Neurology at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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