Shulman receives prestigious Grass Foundation-ANA award

November 4, 2014

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Dr. Joshua Shulman recently received the prestigious Grass Foundation-American Neurological Association (ANA) award in Neuroscience at the annual ANA conference in Baltimore. This award recognizes young investigators for their outstanding contributions to neuroscience research.

Shulman is an investigator at the Jan and Dan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s and an assistant professor of neurology, neuroscience, and molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.

His current research explores the genetic susceptibility and pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. His work integrates genetic investigation in human subjects and fruit fly models, with the goal of understanding brain function and aging, and improving the treatment of neurologic disease.

Shulman received a B.A. in biochemical sciences from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in genetics from Cambridge University in Cambridge, MA. He earned his medical degree and M.M.Sc degree in clinical investigation from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively.

Shulman completed his residency and fellowship training in the Harvard/Partners Neurology Program at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Before moving to Houston, he was an associate neurologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Among his previous honors, Shulman received a Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the C.W. Cotterman Award from the American Society of Human Genetics.

Click here to learn more about Shulman’s research at the NRI.