2020 Innovator Awards
Carolyn Harris, PhD
Preventing shunt occlusion
Aditya Pandey, MD
Preventing hydrocephalus after a stroke
Jose Peiro, MD, PhD
Treating congenital hydrocephalus prior to birth
Stavros Taraviras, PhD
Turning scar tissue into functioning cells
2019 Innovator Awards


Engin Deniz, MD
The role of ependymal cilia in embryonic CSF flow: implications for post-traumatic hydrocephalus


Bernadette Holdener, PhD
How does loss of glucose on thrombospondin type one repeats cause hydrocephalus?


Brandon A. Miller, MD, PhD
Antioxidant therapy for white matter injury in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
2018 Innovator Awards


James M. Drake, BSE, MBBCh, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Focused ultrasound treatment of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity

Kathleen J. Millen, PhD
Preclinical assessment of small molecule therapy for post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
2017 Innovator Awards


Joanne Conover, PhD
Post-infectious hydrocephalus: Developmental sensitivities based on stem cell niche and ependymal lining status
Yan Ding, PhD
The Impact of Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage on the Cerebrospinal Fluid Reabsorption through the Glymphatic System
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.


Aristotelis Filippidis, MD, PhD
Prediction of delayed hydrocephalus with MRI and CSF analysis of iron levels in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage



Hannah Tully, MD, MSc
Early identification of ventriculitis and structural imaging markers for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus
2016 Innovator Awards


Jennifer Strahle, MD
Iron-mediated ventricular injury in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.
2015 Innovator Awards


Bonnie Blazer-Yost, PhD
Preclinical testing of TRPV4 antagonists for the treatment of hydrocephalus
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.


Marc Del Bigio, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Pharmacologic protection of white matter in a juvenile ferret model of hydrocephalus


June Goto, PhD
Molecular characterization and pre-clinical trial in a novel mouse model of congenital hydrocephalus


Andreas Linninger, PhD
Molecular intervention for brain water regulation in hydrocephalus
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.


James ‘Pat’ McAllister, PhD
Therapeutic modulation of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.


Michael Piper, PhD
Analysis of the role of NFIX in the development of hydrocephalus
This award was made possible through the generous support of Team Hydro.