2023 HAI TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Travel scholarships to the HAI Conference are one aspect of our investment in your academic and professional success. Scholarships were available for students and postdocs to fund flights, hotel, and/or registration expenses to attend 2023 HAI.
The HAI Travel Scholarships and the HAI Young Investigator Award were presented on a competitive basis.
The program had no geographic restrictions. Women and minorities were strongly encouraged to apply.
The scholarship and award application was contained within the abstract submission form.
To be eligible for an HAI Travel Scholarship or HAI Young Investigator Award an individual must:
1.) Be the first-author of a submitted abstract; and
2.) Be currently enrolled in graduate or medical school or, if graduated, not greater than 5 years since receiving an MD, a PhD, or completing a residency training program, and.
3.) Commit to participate in the 2023 HAI conference for the entire duration of the event.
2023 SCHOLARSHIP and AWARD WINNERS:
2020 SCHOLARSHIP and AWARD WINNERS:
2019 WINNERS:
2018 WINNERS:
2019 HAI Travel Scholarship Winners
The 2020 HAI travel scholarships were awarded to the following young investigators:
Jenna Adams | Patrick Luckett |
Cinthya Aguero Murillo | Firoza Lussier |
David Berron | Adam Martersteck |
Apoorva Bharthur Sanjay | Adam Mecca |
Murat Bilgel | Pierre-Francois Meyer |
Matthias Brendel | Ryan O Dell |
Rachel Buckley | Julie Ottoy |
Charles Chen | Hazal Ozlen |
Karly Cody | Tharick Pascoal |
Emma Coomans | Alexa Pichet Binette |
Michelle Farrell | Nesrine Rahmouni |
Nicolai Franzmeier | Joost Riphagen |
Jennifer Gatchel | Stephanie Schultz |
Kuang Gong | Ruben Smith |
Tengfei Guo | Joseph Therriault |
Bernard Hanseeuw | Cécile Tissot |
Leonardo Iaccarino | Alexandra Trelle |
Min Su Kang | Jacob Vogel |
Jaeho Kim | Yi-Ting Wang |
Andrea Lessa Benedet | Joseph Winer |
Catharina Lange | Emma Wolters |
Patrick Lao | Hyun-Sik Yang |
Antoine leuzy | Matt Zammit |
Isadora Lopes Alves | Jacob Ziontz |
The 2019 HAI travel scholarships were awarded to the following young investigators:
- Tobey Betthauser
- Apoorva Bharthur Sanjay
- Min Su Kang
- Niklas Mattsson
- Jennifer Rabin
- David Soleimani-Meigooni
- Jacob Vogel
- Joseph Winer
The 2018 HAI travel scholarships were awarded to the following young investigators:
- Jungho Cha, University of California, San Francisco
- Tharick Pascoal, McGill University
- Botha Hugo, Mayo Clinic
- Julie Gonneaud, McGill University
- Alex Whittington, Imperial College London
- Renaud La Joie, University of California, San Francisco
- Theresa Harrison, University of California, Berkeley
The 2017 HAI travel scholarships were awarded to the following young investigators:
- Alexandre Bejanin, Inserm-EPHE-UCBN U1077
- Murat Bilgel, National Institute on Aging
- Rachel Buckley, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
- Jasmeer Chhatwal, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
- Michelle Farrell, University of Texas at Dallas
- Ryuichi Harada, Tohoku University
- Patrick Lao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Samuel Lockhart, University of California, Berkeley
- Anne Maass, University of California, Berkeley
- Adam Martersteck, Northwestern University
- Tessa Timmers, VU University Medical Center
- Melissa Wren, University College London
The 2016 HAI travel scholarships have been awarded to the following young investigators:
- Michel Grothe, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Willem Huijbers, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Leonardo Iaccarino, University of California, San Francisco
- Heidi Jacobs, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Patrick Lao, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Antoine Leuzy, Karolinska Institute
- Samuel Lockhart, University of California, Berkeley
- Elizabeth Mormino, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Rik Ossenkoppele, University of California, San Francisco
- Laure Saint-Aubert, Karolinska Institutet
- Daniel Schonhaut, University of California, San Francisco
- Richard Tsai, University of California, San Francisco
The 2015 HAI travel scholarships have been awarded to the following young investigators:
- Katarzyna Adamczuk, KU Leuven
- Tiina Annus, University of Cambridge
- Murat Bilgel, Johns Hopkins University
- Matthew R. Brier, Washington University
- Michel J. Grothe, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Ryuichi Harada, Tohoku University
- David C. Hsu, Harvard Medical School
- Melissa E. Murray, Mayo Clinic
- Sylvia Villeneuve, Northwestern University
The 2014 HAI travel scholarships have been awarded to the following young investigators:
- Jasmeer Chhatwal, MD, PhD, Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Med. School
- Konstantinos Chiotis, MD, Karolinska Institute
- Michelle Farrell, BS, University of Texas at Dallas
- Mohammed Goryawala, PhD, Florida International University
- Timothy Hughes, PhD, Wake Forest School of Medicine
- Willem Huijbers, PhD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Med. School/ Mass. General Hospital
- Shawn Marks, BS, University of California, Berkeley
- Elizabeth Mormino, PhD, Mass. General Hospital, Harvard Med. School
- Melissa Murray, PhD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
- Hwamee Oh, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
- Jeff Prescott, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center
- Hitoshi Shimada, MD, PhD, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
- Sylvia Villeneuve, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
The 2013 HAI travel scholarships have been awarded to the following young investigators:
- Katarzyna Adamczuk, University of Leuven
- Anna Brück, Turku University Hospital
- Timothy Hohman, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Willem Huijbers, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Kristen Kennedy, University of Texas at Dallas
- Manja Lehmann, UCSF Memory and Aging Center
- Elizabeth Mormino, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Maxime Parent, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging
- Elena Rodriguez-Vieitez, Karolinska Institute
- Mitsuru Shinohara, Mayo Clinic Florida
- Dana Tudorascu, University of Pittsburgh
- Sylvie Villeneuve, University of California, Berkeley
- Miranka Wirth, Helen Wills Neuroscience Center, UC Berkeley
- Marissa Zwan, VU University Medical Center
The 2012 HAI travel scholarships have been awarded to the following young investigators:
- Rebecca Amariglio
- Gerard Bischof
- Amarallys Cintron
- Manja Lehmann
- Natalie Marchant
- Hwamee Oh
- Ozioma Okonkwo
- Rik Ossenkoppel
- Jenny Rieck
- Bedda Rosario
- Pascual Sanchez-Juan
- Miranka Wirth
HAI TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP and HAI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD ELIGIBILITY
2023 HAI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
The recipient of the Human Amyloid Imaging Young Investigator Award (HAI-YIA) is determined by a panel of judges on the basis of the overall quality of the science evident in the abstract and presentation.
Past HAI-Young Investigator Awardees are:
- Elizabeth Mormino (2008)
- Jitka Sojkova (2009)
- Alex Becker (2010)
- Patrizia Vannini (2011)
- Manja Lehmann (2012)
- Elena Rodriguez Vieitez (2013)
- Sylvia Villeneuve (2014)
- Matthew R. Brier (2015)
- Rik Ossenkoppele (2016)
- Jasmeer Chhatwal (2017)
- Renaud La Joie (2018)
- Jennifer Rabin (2019)
- Jacob Vogel (2020).
2020 HAI Young Investigator Award Winner – Jacob Vogel, PhD

2020 HAI CLARK AWARD
This award is named in honor of Christopher Clark, MD, a neurologist and Alzheimer’s disease researcher who passed away in January 2012. Chris was an inspiration to the Alzheimer’s field and this award honors his memory by supporting the continuing advancement of the field.
Dr. Clark’s career was devoted to understanding Alzheimer’s disease, developing diagnostically specific markers and identifying and evaluating new therapeutic treatments, with the goals of reducing the stigma of disease and empowering individuals and their families. He held various positions including Director of Duke University Memory Disorders Clinic, Director of the Clinical Core of the University of Pennsylvania Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC), Memory Disorders Clinic, and as Medical Director for Avid Radiopharmaceuticals. While at Avid, he led the seminal multicenter study demonstrating the relationship between PET amyloid imaging and brain neuritic plaque pathology.
The winner of the 2020 HAI Clark Award was Rik Ossenkoppele.
Chris is remembered for his passion for science, his love for his patients, and his deep commitment to open and friendly collaboration. All who knew him have been touched by his unwavering generosity and kindness.
Every first author and presenter is eligible for consideration for the Christopher Clark Award (unless choosing to opt-out). The winner of the award will receive a plaque and a monetary award to be used for an educational or training opportunity in the field of human amyloid imaging. The HAI’s Program Committee will evaluate all submissions against the overall scientific merit and relevance to the field of human amyloid imaging.
2014-2020 HAI Clark Award Winners
Rik Ossenkoppele (2020), Beth Mormino (2019), Susan Landau (2018), Milos Ikonomovic (2017), Christopher Rowe and Clifford Jack (2016), Gil Rabinovici (2015) and Victor Villemagne (2014).
Drs. Christopher Rowe (left) and Clifford Jack – HAI Clark Awardees 2016
Christopher Rowe (left) and Clifford Jack (2016)