Featured News Image Knight Initiative news | May 26 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Slowing aging, predicting lifespan, and excitement for the future at the Knight ... The symposium showcased research ranging from rejuvenating the brain’s immune system to predicting cognitive health, and celebrated the next chapter of the Knight Initiative Image Knight Initiative news | May 12 2026 Stanford Report Gift advances research into brain resilience and aging A $90 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight will extend the work of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Image Research news | May 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience In pursuit of brain resilience In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame Displaying 1 - 10 news posts of 10 Filter Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest News Type Wu Tsai Neuro News Knight Initiative news Director's messages Research news Researcher profiles News Features Awards and honors Podcast episodes Press coverage Publications Research Theme NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery Image Awards and honors | May 6 2026 Aligning Science Across Parkinson's Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s and The Michael J. Fox Foundation award gran... The teams will tackle questions linked to Parkinson's pathology and mechanisms with an eye toward treatments 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 | May 26 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Slowing aging, predicting lifespan, and excitement for the future at the Knight ... The symposium showcased research ranging from rejuvenating the brain’s immune system to predicting cognitive health, and celebrated the next chapter of the Knight Initiative
Image Knight Initiative news | May 12 2026 Stanford Report Gift advances research into brain resilience and aging A $90 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight will extend the work of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Image Research news | May 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience In pursuit of brain resilience In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame
Image Awards and honors | May 6 2026 Aligning Science Across Parkinson's Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s and The Michael J. Fox Foundation award gran... The teams will tackle questions linked to Parkinson's pathology and mechanisms with an eye toward treatments
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.
