Ludwig Scholars

An immunofluorescence image displaying the zebrafish forebrain section with active microglial cells in green, neuronal cell bodies in red and cell nuclei in blue. From Kizil Lab, CUIMC.

Image from Kizil Lab, CUIMC:
An immunofluorescence image displaying the zebrafish forebrain section with active microglial cells in green, neuronal cell bodies in red, and cell nuclei in blue.

2024 Ludwig Scholars

Research Team 1

  • Elizabeth M. Bradshaw, PhD

    • Adler Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology, the Taub Institute, and the Institute for Genomic Medicine)
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  • Wassim Elyaman, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology, the Taub Institute and the Institute for Genomic Medicine)
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  • Abid Hussaini, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at the CUMC
    Abid Hussaini, PhD
  • Alison Rinderspacher, PhD

    • Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine

Research Team 2

  • Carol M. Troy, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC
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  • Scott A. Small, MD

    • Boris and Rose Katz Professor of Neurology (in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and in Radiology)
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2023 Ludwig Scholars

Research Team 1

  • Itamar Kahn, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Neuroscience (in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute); Director of Small Animal Imaging in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
    Itamar Kahn, PhD
  • Vilas Menon, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer Disease and the Aging Brain)
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Research Team 2

  • Annie J. Lee, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology, in the Sergievsky Center, and in the Taub Institute)
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  • Badri N. Vardarajan, PhD, MS

    • Associate Professor of Neurological Science (in Neurology and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute) at the Columbia University Medical Center)
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  • Caghan Kizil, PhD, MSc

    • Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Taub Institute)
    Caghan Kizil, PhD, MSc