Featured News Image Knight Initiative news | Mar 23 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and... The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 23 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Announcing the 2026 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars Ten innovative postdoctoral scholars will pursue creative approaches to advance neuroscience and brain resilience research Image Research news | Mar 19 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Study of pythons’ extreme diet reveals new hunger-curbing molecule The snakes’ unique feeding behavior offers new clues about the gut-brain axis—and hints of a potential weight-loss drug with fewer side effects than GLP-1 drugs Image Research news | Mar 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Watching a lifetime in motion reveals the architecture of aging Knight Initiative scientists tracked every moment of the life of the African turquoise killifish, showing that behavior alone can forecast whether an animal will live a long or short life News Filter & Sort Sort by Theme (-) NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery News Type (-) Awards and honors Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Awards and honors | Oct 29 2025 Stanford Medicine Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Medicine Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Thomas Montine and Alice Ting are among those joining the distinguished society of physicians. Image Awards and honors | Jul 27 2025 Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Association honors Katrin Andreasson Andreasson received the Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for her work on restoring cognition in Alzheimer's. Karly Cody, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Knight Initiative researcher Elizabeth Mormino, was also honored. Image Awards and honors | Apr 9 2024 Stanford Report Phil Knight honored with Uncommon Citizen award A dedicated philanthropist and Stanford GSB alum, Knight has provided game-changing support for schools and initiatives across campus. Image Awards and honors | Feb 28 2024 Stanford Medicine Antonio Omuro becomes head of Stanford’s Department of Neurology and Neurologica... The former chief of neuro-oncology at the Yale School of Medicine is a highly regarded scientist specializing in the study of brain tumors and an advocate of those underrepresented in medicine. Image Awards and honors | Feb 20 2024 Stanford Report Six Stanford faculty among 2024 Sloan Research Fellows Knight Initiative Innovation Grant awardee and Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jonathan Long received a Sloan Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding early-career faculty with the potential to revolutionize their fields of study. Image Awards and honors | Sep 23 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NIH awards Stanford Medicine teams $10 million for research on sleep and autism About 80% of children with autism have trouble sleeping, but whether better sleep could lessen other autism symptoms is unknown. A new grant will help Stanford Medicine scientists find out. Image Awards and honors | Mar 8 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2021 NeURO fellow awarded Newman Civic Fellowship Zeena Khazendar has been selected as a 2022-23 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact for her work to advance global health access and outcomes. Image Awards and honors | Oct 20 2021 Stanford Medicine Michelle Monje elected to National Academy of Medicine Wu Tsai Neuro faculty affiliate Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, was one of four Stanford Medicine faculty members elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine in 2021. Image Awards and honors | Sep 28 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscientist Michelle Monje awarded MacArthur 'genius grant' The neuroscientist and pediatric neuro-oncologist is being recognized for her work to understand healthy brain development and create therapies for a group of lethal brain tumors.
Image Knight Initiative news | Mar 23 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and... The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 23 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Announcing the 2026 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars Ten innovative postdoctoral scholars will pursue creative approaches to advance neuroscience and brain resilience research
Image Research news | Mar 19 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Study of pythons’ extreme diet reveals new hunger-curbing molecule The snakes’ unique feeding behavior offers new clues about the gut-brain axis—and hints of a potential weight-loss drug with fewer side effects than GLP-1 drugs
Image Research news | Mar 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Watching a lifetime in motion reveals the architecture of aging Knight Initiative scientists tracked every moment of the life of the African turquoise killifish, showing that behavior alone can forecast whether an animal will live a long or short life
Image Awards and honors | Oct 29 2025 Stanford Medicine Stanford professors elected to National Academy of Medicine Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Thomas Montine and Alice Ting are among those joining the distinguished society of physicians.
Image Awards and honors | Jul 27 2025 Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Association honors Katrin Andreasson Andreasson received the Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for her work on restoring cognition in Alzheimer's. Karly Cody, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Knight Initiative researcher Elizabeth Mormino, was also honored.
Image Awards and honors | Apr 9 2024 Stanford Report Phil Knight honored with Uncommon Citizen award A dedicated philanthropist and Stanford GSB alum, Knight has provided game-changing support for schools and initiatives across campus.
Image Awards and honors | Feb 28 2024 Stanford Medicine Antonio Omuro becomes head of Stanford’s Department of Neurology and Neurologica... The former chief of neuro-oncology at the Yale School of Medicine is a highly regarded scientist specializing in the study of brain tumors and an advocate of those underrepresented in medicine.
Image Awards and honors | Feb 20 2024 Stanford Report Six Stanford faculty among 2024 Sloan Research Fellows Knight Initiative Innovation Grant awardee and Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jonathan Long received a Sloan Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding early-career faculty with the potential to revolutionize their fields of study.
Image Awards and honors | Sep 23 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NIH awards Stanford Medicine teams $10 million for research on sleep and autism About 80% of children with autism have trouble sleeping, but whether better sleep could lessen other autism symptoms is unknown. A new grant will help Stanford Medicine scientists find out.
Image Awards and honors | Mar 8 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 2021 NeURO fellow awarded Newman Civic Fellowship Zeena Khazendar has been selected as a 2022-23 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact for her work to advance global health access and outcomes.
Image Awards and honors | Oct 20 2021 Stanford Medicine Michelle Monje elected to National Academy of Medicine Wu Tsai Neuro faculty affiliate Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, was one of four Stanford Medicine faculty members elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine in 2021.
Image Awards and honors | Sep 28 2021 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscientist Michelle Monje awarded MacArthur 'genius grant' The neuroscientist and pediatric neuro-oncologist is being recognized for her work to understand healthy brain development and create therapies for a group of lethal brain tumors.
