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Igor Grant, M.D.
HNRC DIrector
Distinguished Lifetime Contribution Award
National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
This award is given to a senior member of NAN who has made significant scientific, intellectual, and training-related contributions to the field of neuropsychology. As the 2007 award recipient, Dr. Grant will give an invited address at the annual conference, which will subsequently be published in the NAN journal Archives.
Steven Paul Woods, Psy.D.
Early Career Award
National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
This award is given to someone who is judged to have made substantial early career contributions within 10 years of the doctoral degree, particularly regarding scholarly activity.
In 1953, at the age of 27, Henry Molaison (HM) lost his ability to form new memories after part of his hippocampus was removed during surgery. He became one of the most studied human beings in the history of psychology. Jacopo Annese, Ph.D., is creating a digital atlas of the deceased HM brain so it can be available for future research. He is also using a similar technique to increase our understanding of the brain changes that underly cognitive problems and brain MRI alterations seen with HIV.
In September 2009 the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) moved into a 36,000 sq. ft. building dedicated to clinical HIV research on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center campus. The HNRC shares the clinical, research, and administrative spaces with the Antiviral Research Center (AVRC).