Previous Honorees
We are grateful to have leadership team filled with inspiring and dedicated members with a broad range of experience.
Gathering For Cure Awards
The Beacon Award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary courage and dedication for increasing awareness about neurological diseases, and for patients and their families who have exceeded expectations in fighting a neurological disorder with unprecedented courage. The Beacon Award identifies remarkable individuals who set the highest standards for increasing awareness of, and fighting, neurological diseases.
The Humanitarian Award is given to physicians and scientists who have contributed significantly to survival and quality of life of patients across the Globe.
The Pioneer in Technology Award is presented to the trail blazing companies and their CEOs/presidents who have facilitated the development of pioneering technologies through interdisciplinary approaches that have impacted diagnostics, treatment, and healthcare delivery in unprecedented ways.
The Pioneer in Medicine Award is presented to individuals who have significantly contributed to the scientific advancement in the fields of medicine and image guided therapy through a multidisciplinary approach. Their groundbreaking contributions have made development of state-of-the-art technology and scientific discovery a reality.
The Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award is presented to lawmakers who have demonstrated visionary and crossdisciplinary approaches to introducing laws that have contributed to the advancement of science, technology, education, and medicine. They have paved the way to better integration of such advancements in other fields, like medicine and neuroscience. These lawmakers champion better healthcare for all.
The Golden Axon Leadership Award is presented to individuals outside of the medical community who inspire with good will and an enthusiastic interest in science, technology and medicine. Named for the neuron cell fiber that carries outgoing messages to other target cells, the founding principle of the Axon Award is to recognize a highly regarded individual in the public sector who helps raise awareness and funding of WBMF and its mission in the community via fundraising event(s) and activities.
The WBMF Young Investigator’s Initiative is designed to recognize promising young scientists performing work in the brain sciences relevant to the World Brain Mapping Foundation. While this year’s awardees will not be receiving any financial incentives, this recognition will be a stepping stone for future recognition within and beyond the WBMF’s wide ranging collaborative partners.
The WBMF Student Service and Leadership Award is given to recognize excellence and commitment to dedicated fellows, interns, and students who have contributed to the advancement of medicine, specifically the neurosciences.
Late Robin Sidhu (1988 – 2015), a young ebullient science driven and information technology (IT) savvy person, died of an accident at an early age. His mission to accomplish in-depth understanding of human mind and health remained incomplete due to his early departure but his legacy will remain through supporting young innovative minds in science through this award.
Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award
Bob Woodruff
Dustin Hoffman
Behnam Badie
Deepak Chopra
Humanitarian Award
Geoffrey Ling
Henry Marsh
Rocco Armonda
Kateryna Potapova
Pioneer in Technology Development Award
Pioneer in Medicine Award
Rafat Ansari
Wieslaw L. Nowinski
Andres Lozano
Antonio DeSalles
Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Nancy Pelosi
Edward Kennedy
Barbara Boxer
Golden Axon leadership Award
David Baron, DO, MSEd
Kenneth P. Green
Harry Kloor
George Perry, PhD
Young Investigator Award
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Student Service and Leadership Award
Shahram Hadidchi
Ashkan Javadzadeh
Ali Marjaninejad
Matthew Zusman
Robin Sidhu Memorial Young Scientist Award
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