Celebrating the 2025 ANF President's Research Initiative Award Winners

The  American Neuromuscular Foundation President’s Research Initiative Award is given to up to 10 individuals who submit the best abstracts related to the annual meeting plenary topic chosen by the AANEM President each year. Each abstract will be presented at the AANEM Annual Meeting. Join us in celebrating this years' winners!

Rachana Gandhi Mehta, MD
Atypical Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Findings in Transthyretin Amyloidosis Using Ultra High-Resolution Ultrasound

Mana Higashihara, MD, PhD
Diagnostic Yield of Threshold Tracking TMS and 18F-Thk5351 Pet for the Detection of Upper Motor Neuron Lesions in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 

Charalampia Koutsioumpa, MD, PhD
Distinguishing Features of Immune-Mediated Neuropathy Subtypes Utilizing Machine Learning  

Tyler Nelson, PhD
Mouse Models of Non-Dystrophic and Dystrophic Myotonia Exhibit Nociplastic Pain-Like Behaviors

Daniela Quayle, MBBS, PhD
Neuromuscular Adaptation for the Future: The Motor Unit, Neuromuscular Junction and Related Genetic Changes in Spaceflight 

Michael Skolka, MD
Assessing the Optimal Electrode Placement for Suprascapular Nerve Conduction Studies 

Jinny Tavee, MD
Metabolomics of Sarcoidosis Small Fiber Neuropathy 

Tuan Vu, MD
Efficacy and Safety of Autologous B-Cell Maturation Antigen–Directed Messenger RNA Car T-Cell Therapy in Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: 12-Month Follow-Up of a 2B Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial 

Thapat Wannarong, MD
Natural History of Myofibrillar Myopathies and Myopathies Associated With Myofibrillar Myopathies Related Genes 

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