Fluids and Barriers of the CNS & Hydrocephlus Society Young Investigator Awards 2026
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS would like to congratulate the winners of the 2026 Young Investigators Award, presented at the Hydrocephalus World Congress in São Paulo
Each year Fluids and Barriers of the CNS sponsors a Young Investigators Award in partnership with the Hydrocephalus Society. This year we were proud to award prizes to the following young investigators at the World Hydrocephalus Congress in São Paulo, Brazil on 31 July - 3 August, 2026.
Congratulations from the Journal Editors to:
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1st Place: Emalee Burrows (University College London)
Presentation title: Automatic clinical concept extraction for the early diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A natural Language Processing Approach |
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2nd Place: Arianna Vignaroli (University of Bologna)
Presentation title: Digital biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus: instrumented Timed Up and Go for assessing and predicting shunt response |
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3rd Place: Gianna Fote (UC Irvine School of Medicine)
Presentation title: Investigating genetic factors in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: a case-control whole exome sequencing study
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4th Place: Gabriel Semione (University of West Santa Catarina)
Presentation title: Comprehensive MRI volumetric analysis of fluid and parenchymal compartments in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus |
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5th Place: Emilie Skytøen (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience)
Presentation title: Severity grading score predicts surgical intervention in iNPH patients with shunt related chronic subdural hematoma |