GAINS Stroke Network

Below is a list of clinical trial grant reviewers available to provide an external review for funding agencies evaluating clinical trial grants. These clinicians have vast clinical trial and grant review experience, and have graciously agreed to review grant submissions for international funding agencies through GAINS.

Selected reviewers are international stroke community content experts and thought leaders in acute treatment, ICH, prevention and rehabilitation/recovery.

Do NOT contact the reviewer directly. For information please contact Rose.Beckmann@uc.edu

Reviewer	Country	Specialty(ies)	Institution	Ischemic	Hemorrhagic	Acute	ICH	Prevention	Rehab	Funding agency experience
Henry Ma	Australia	Neurologist	Monash University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NHMRC, MRFF, NSF
Thanh Phan	Australia	Neurologist	Monash University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NHMRC, MRFF, NSF
Vincent Thijs, MD, PhD	Australia	Neurologist	Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental health, University of Melbourne,	✔		✔		✔		British Heart Foundation, ZonMw, Singapore MRC, Hamad Medical Foundation, Australian Stroke Trials Network, Australian Cardiovascular Alliance
Mohammed Almekhlafi, MD	Canada	Neurologist, Neurointerventionist	University of Calgary	✔	✔	✔	✔			NIH
Luciana Catanese, MD	Canada	Neurologist	McMaster University	✔		✔				CIHR
Andrew Demchuk, MD	Canada		University of Calgary	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		NIH, Dutch, CIHR
Michael D. Hill, MD	Canada	Neurologist	University of Calgary	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	Canada - CIHR, US - NINDs (NIH), NHLBI (NIH), Dutch, German, UK, France, New Zealand
Mahesh Kate, MD	Canada	Neurologist	University of Alberta	✔	✔		✔	✔		INSTRUCT (India)
Aristeidis Katsanos, MD, PhD	Canada	Neurologist	McMaster University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		NIH (USA), HRB (Republic of Ireland)
Ashkan Shoamanesh, MD	Canada	Neurologist	McMaster University		✔	✔	✔	✔		NIH, HSFC, British Heart Foundation, UK Stroke Association, Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government.
Amy Yu, MD	Canada	Neurologist	University of Toronto	✔		✔		✔		Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Aihua Liu, MD, PhD	China	Neurointerventionalist	Capital Medical University		✔	✔				National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Jianwei Pan, MD, PhD	China	Neurosurgeon	University of Zhejiang	✔	✔	✔	✔			NSFC
De-cai Tian	China	Neurologist	Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University	✔	✔	✔				National Natural Science Foundation of China
Yongjun Wang, MD	China	Neurologist	Capital Medical University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Yilong Wang, MD	China	Neurologist	Capital Medical University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Qihui Zhang, MD, Ph.D	China	Neurologist	Capital Medical University; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine	✔	✔	✔				Beijing National Natural Science Foundation of China
Guo-qing Zheng, MD,PhD	China	Neurology	Wenzhou Medical Uinversity	✔	✔	✔	✔			NSFC
Christina Kruuse, MD, PhD	Denmark	Neurologist	University of Copenhagen	✔				✔	✔	British Heart Foundation, National science center Poland, Research Council Faroe Islands, Board member of ESOTA
Fiehler, Jens, MD	Germany	Neuroradiologist	University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf	✔		✔				Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and French funding agencies
Götz Thomalla, MD	Germany	Neurologist	University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf	✔		✔		✔	✔	NIH, Dutch Heart Foundation, Stroke Association (UK), DFG (German Research Foundation)
Steffen Tiedt, MD, PhD	Germany	Neurologist	LMU Munich	✔		✔
Patricia Martinez Sánchez, MD, PhD	Spain	Neurologist	Torrecárdenas University Hospital. Unviersity of Almeria. Almeria, Spain	✔		✔	✔	✔		Spanish State Research Agency (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities), Spanish Society of Neurology, Spanish Society of Neurosonology
Philip Bath	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Nottingham	✔	✔	✔		✔
Alastair Buchan	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Oxford	✔		✔		✔
Fergus Doubal	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Edinburgh					✔
Gary A. Ford, MD	UK	Stroke Medicine	University of Oxford			✔		✔		NIH, NIHR, CIHR
Peter Langhorne	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Glasgow	✔					✔
Gillian Mead	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Edinburgh						✔
Keith Muir	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Glasgow	✔		✔
Adrian Parry-Jones	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Manchester		✔	✔	✔
Chris Price	UK	Stroke Physician	Newcastle University	✔		✔
Terry Quinn	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Glasgow					✔	✔
Tom Robinson, MD	UK		University of Leicester	✔		✔				CIHR, NIH, NIHR
Christine Roffe	UK	Stroke Medicine	Keele University	✔		✔			✔	NIH, NIHR, Singapore MRC, Australian MRC
Peter Rothwell	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Oxford					✔
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, MD PhD	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Edinburgh		✔	✔	✔	✔		NIH (USA); CIHR (Canada); NHMRC (Australia); NIHR, BHF, The Stroke Association, and MRC (UK)
Craig Smith	UK	Stroke Physician	University of Manchester	✔		✔				NIHR, The Stroke Association, BHF, LCRN
Nick Ward	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University College London						✔
Joanna Wardlaw	UK	Neuroradiologist	University of Edinburgh	✔		✔		✔
Alastair Webb	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Oxford					✔
David Werring	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University College London	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Phil White	UK	Neuroradiologist	Newcastle University	✔	✔	✔		✔
Will Whiteley	UK	Stroke Neurologist	University of Edinburgh	✔		✔		✔
Joseph Broderick, MD	USA	Neurologist	University of Cincinnati	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NIH, EU, NIHR
Pamela Duncan PHD	USA	Rehab Recovery	Wake Forest Baptist Health						✔	NINDS,NIA, NCMRR, CIHR,
Wayne Feng MD MS	USA	Vascular Neurologist	Duke Unviersity Schol of Medicine						✔	NIH, AHA, UK Stroke Association, UKMRC, Swiss NSF
Brain Mac Grory	USA	Vascular Neurologist	Duke Unviersity Schol of Medicine			✔		✔		AHA
Hooman Kamel, MD	USA	Neurologist	Weill Cornell Medicine	✔	✔		✔	✔		NIH
Pooja Khatri, MD, MSc	USA	Neurologist	University of Cincinnati	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NIH, EU, NIHR, ICMR
Stephan Mayer, MD	USA	Neurology/Neurocritical Care	NY Med. College, Westchester Med Ctr	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NIH/NINDS, AHA
Peter Panagos, MD	USA	Emergency Medicine	Washington University	✔	✔	✔	✔			NIH, AHA
David Tirschwell, MD	USA	Neurologist	University of Washington, Seattle	✔			✔	✔		NIH; local foundations, internal programs
Max Wintermark, MD	USA	Neuroradiologist	Stanford University	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	NIH

Reviewers

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