The American Academy of Neurology and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurosciences in the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute, the prestigious 2003 John Dystel Prize for MS Research.

Department of Neurosciences

The Department of Neurosciences, founded in 1994, is chaired by Dr. Bruce Trapp and comprises a core of internationally recognized scientists who investigate the cellular and molecular biology of brain development and neuronal and glial function. In collaboration with research programs in the Clinic's Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, staff scientists also participate in clinically relevant research in the areas of myelin disease, neurodegeneration, neuro oncology, epilepsy and cerebrovascular disease. [more...]