Poster Awards were established in 2016 by the Board of Directors as a way to help recognize exceptional work presented by those in the early stages of their careers - students (graduate and undergraduate), residents, trainees and post docs.

Posters are judged by members of the Board of Directors, SPAC, Chairs of the SIG Sessions and other leaders in various fields of neurology. The top 10 scoring posters on each of the two presentation days (Sunday and Monday) are awarded $250 each. Posters are scored based on the following criteria:
   1. Overal  Quality - the poster is interesting and easy to read, concise, attractive, explains complex topics well to a general audience, information is presented in a logical sequence
   2. Aims of the Study - clear, logical, appropriate to problem area of interest, well thought out and explained
   3. Methodology - well described, clear, appropriate, informative, good use of text and/or figures
   4. Analysis - appropriate interpretation, well presented, understandable for non-expert audience
   5. Discussion of Research - clear conclusions, relevant interpretation, related to hypotheses and literature base, implications discussed
   6. Verbal Presentation - 
        a. Clarity of Presentation - eye contact, clear voice, clarity, enthusiasm, good interaction skills, confident, ability to make complex ideas understandable to non-expert audience
        b. Answering Questions - clear and well considered answers, correct breadth and depth of answer, confident
   7. Overall Scientific Impact

Congratulations to the 2019 winners:

Sunday:

Emily Acton, BS University of Pennsylvania	Ravi Chopra, BA University of Michigan
Lubov Ezerskiy, BA Washington University in St. Louis	Helen Hwang, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis
Kayla Nygaard, PhD Student Washington University in St. Louis	Tirth Patel, BS Washington University in St. Louis
Zachary Rosenthal, BS Washington University in St. Louis	Anil Wadhwani, PhD Northwestern University
Zezhong Ye, PhD Washington University in St. Louis	Mitsukuni Yoshida, BS Washington University in St. Louis

Monday:

Margaret Blattner, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis	Omar Butt, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis
Marc Casale, BS Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai	Umber Dube, BSc Washington University in St. Louis
Yuri Pavlov, MSc Ural Federal University	Sai Polineni, MPH University of Miami
Deep Pujara, MBBS, MPH University of Texas	Ryan Schubert, MD University of California, San Francisco
Stephanie Schultz, BS Washington University in St. Louis	Michelle Wegscheid, BS Washington University in St. Louis

 To read all of the abstracts presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting please click here.