The 2026 NYC Neuromodulation Conference Awards
1. Zabara Foundation Award
Shy Shoham, New York University
Alexander Opitz, University of Minnesota
2. Zabara Foundation Award — Early Career
Athena Stein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ghazaleh Darmani, University of Toronto
3. New Innovator Award
Lauren Hammer, University of Pennsylvania
Shadi Dayeh, University of California San Diego
4. Pioneer Award
Mark George, The Medical University of South Carolina
Angel Peterchev, Duke University
Valerie Voon, University of Cambridge, Fudan University
5. New Product Award
Neurovalens, accepted by Jason McKeown and Sinead Watson
7. Best Poster Awards
- Chaitanya Goswami: From Suppression to Enhancement: Why High-Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation Suppresses but Low-Frequency Potentiates Cortical Activity
- Charles W. Dickey: Deep-brain single-neuron evidence of plasticity induced by prefrontal theta burst stimulation in humans
- Arman Akbari: From Large-Scale MDD Classification to Individual Treatment-Response Prediction: A Trait-Biomarker Approach
- Evan R Rogers: High-density intraspinal microstimulation for restoring dexterous hand control
- Anika Frank: Restoration of Dopaminergic Circuitry and Motor Function in Parkinsonian Mice through Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Kathryn M. Turk: Impact of Species and Electrode Geometry on Off-Target Responses to Baroreceptor Activation Therapy
- Brian Erickson: Brief Trains of Closed-Loop TMS Induce Controllable Power in Frontal-Midline Theta Oscillations
- Saman Gholipour Picha: Preliminary evidence for lasting effects of low intensity focused ultrasound on chronic pain related brain networks
- Mina Elhamiasl: Theta phase-controlled intermittent theta burst stimulation in adults
