Prof. Nevzat Tarhan awarded with 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Award

Üsküdar University Founding President Prof. Nevzat Tarhan is awarded with 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Award presented by Brain Mapping Foundation. Prof. Tarhan is the only Turkish individual among the leadership award recipients. Award ceremony will be held on 16 March 2019 at Los Angeles.

Brain Mapping Foundation announced the 2019 award winners. Üsküdar University Founding President, Psychiatrist Prof. Nevzat Tarhan is among the 2019 Golden Axon Leadership Award recipients.

Brain Mapping Foundation has been on the forefront of wounded warrior care and treatments for civilians with neurological disorders by bringing scientists, physicians and engineers across multiple disciplines in its annual conventions and by forming lifesaving multidisciplinary clinical trials. Annually the organization awards pioneers and leaders in the field as well as humanitarians and philanthropists.

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan is the only Turk awarded with Leadership Award 

The 16th Annual "Gathering for the Cure" Gala will be held on March 16th, 2019 in Los Angeles. Also over 800 leading scientists and 12 keynotes speakers will be lecturing at the 16th Annual World Brain Mapping Convention at the LA Convention center. Humanitarian award, Pioneer in Medicine award, Pioneer in Healthcare Policy award and Golden Axon Leadership awards will be presented at 2019 Congress.

2019 recipients of the Golden Axon leadership award are Drs. Jeff Wang, Harry Kloor, Nevzat Tarhan, Actor, Director and Producer Sean Stone and Producer Billie Feldman for their role in raising awareness about the foundation and its mission through strategic programs, global collaboration and partnerships.

Dr. Deepak Chopra will be the recipient of the 2019 Humanitarian award for his global humanitarian and philanthropic work. Dr. Katrin Amunts will be the recipient of the Pioneer in Medicine award for her role as scientific director of the European Human Brain Project and for developing a 3D atlas of the human brain. California Senator Kamala Harris is the recipient of the Pioneer in Healthcare Policy award for her legislations in support for healthcare and medical research and the Pioneer in Technology Development Award will be presented to The French Muscular Dystrophy (AFM) Telethon for their tireless effort in introducing lifesaving drugs, which have saved thousands of lives of patients with muscular dystrophy.

Award ceremony will be held on 16 March 2019 at Los Angeles.

Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)