Stephen M. Strittmatter, M.D., Ph.D.

Stephen M. Strittmatter, M.D., Ph.D., the Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and professor of neurobiology, received the Memory and Brain Disorders Award of $300,000 from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, to support his research for three years. Strittmatter’s research on “Nogo Regulation of Axonal Regeneration and Plasticity” focuses on the extent to which axons, the wires in the brain, can rearrange themselves and recover after injuries to the nervous system. The research could lead to treatments for disabilities caused by spinal cord injuries, strokes and multiple sclerosis.