12 ISC NEWS DAY 1 | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 StrokeConference.org #ISC25 ISC Pre-Conference Symposium | HEADS-UP: Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke — Understanding and Problem-Solving 10:18-10:40 a.m. | Tuesday, Feb. 4 | Room 408AB Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture Virginia J. Howard, PhD, FAHA, FSCT Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology University of Alabama at Birmingham “Recruiting and Retaining Diverse and Underrepresented Participants in Studies of Stroke and Brain Health: It Takes a Village, $$$, Planning, and Long-Term Commitment” This award recognizes lifetime contributions to investigation, management, mentorship and community service in the field of raceethnic stroke disparities or related disciplines. Opening Main Event 11:22-11:35 a.m. | Wednesday, Feb. 5 | Main Event Hall William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke Yongjun Wang, MD China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University “30 Years of Treatment for Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events: The Power of Evidence” This award recognizes significant clinical science contributions to the investigation and management of stroke. #ISC25 awards honor investigators for their stroke-related research. Abstract-based awards also offer junior investigators opportunities for funding to attend ISC. ISC Main Event Sessions will feature lectures by the Feinberg, Sacco, Sherman and Willis award recipients. Six ISC abstract-based awards will be given at the sessions in which their abstracts are being presented. #ISC25 recognizes awardees ISC 2025 AWARDS Thursday Main Event 11:02-11:15 a.m. | Thursday, Feb. 6 | Main Event Hall Ralph L. Sacco Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Award Lecture Heather J. Fullerton, MD, MAS Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco “Mentoring to Propel Progress in Pediatric Stroke” This award recognizes outstanding achievements in mentoring future generations of researchers in the field of cerebrovascular disease. 11:17-11:30 a.m. Thomas Willis Lecture Miguel A. Perez-Pinzon, PhD, FAHA Professor of Neurology and Vice Chair for Discovery Science (Neurology) University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida “Nature’s Blueprint for Ischemic Tolerance: Pre- and PostConditioning Strategies” This award recognizes significant basic science contributions to the investigation and management of stroke. Closing Main Event 11:02-11:15 a.m. | Friday, Feb. 7 | Main Event Hall David G. Sherman Lecture Jean-Claude Baron, MD, ScD INSERM, University of Paris Paris, France “50 Years of Deciphering the Pathophysiology of Stroke” This award recognizes lifetime contributions to investigation, management, mentorship and community service in stroke. The Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture was presented during the HEADS-UP pre-conference symposium Tuesday.
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