SNS Research Awards and Research Fellowships 2025 – Honouring Outstanding Scientific Work

15.10.2025

The 2025 research awards and research fellowships of the Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) recognise outstanding neurological research conducted throughout Switzerland.

The Swiss Neurological Society warmly congratulates this year’s awardees on their excellent scientific achievements.

SNS Research Fellowship

MD M.Sc. PhD-c. Michail Panagiotis Giannakakis (Bern)
Titel: Preferences of patients and patient representative organizations regarding diagnostic and therapeutic management of covert cerebrovascular disease

Dr. med. Ines Magdalena Richter (Basel)
Titel: Cell-free DNA in acute ischemic stroke study (CANTO)

SNS Research Award

Dr. med. PhD Kai Michael Schubert (Zürich)
Titel: Implications for driving based on the risk of seizures after ischaemic stroke

MD-PhD Giovanni Di Liberto (Lausanne)
Titel: Neuronal pSTAT1 hallmarks synaptic pathology in autoimmune encephalitis against intracellular antigens

Ellermann Main Award

PD Dr. med. Tatiana Brémovà-Ertl (Bern)
Titel: Trial of N-Acetyl-l-Leucine in Niemann–Pick Disease Type C

Ellermann Young Researcher Award

Dr. med. Leandro Sanz (Lausanne)
Titel: Apomorphine for prolonged disorders of consciousness: a multimodal open-label study