Honors, Awards, and Recognitions:

  • Vice-Chair, Multiple Sclerosis Section, American Academy of Neurology, April 2025-April 2027.

  • Second Best Poster Award and Travel Award, Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), to present at the PVA 12th Annual Healthcare Summit. August 25-28, 2024, Anaheim, CA.

  • Selected for Nebraska Medical Association’s Physician Leadership Academy, 2024-2025.

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Partner in MS Care Continuing Education Scholarship, to attend the Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, to be held June 29 – May 1, 2024, Nashville, TN.

  • Educational grant, The 7th Annual Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), Virtual and in-person, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2022.

  • Diversity Fund Grant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 7/2021 – 6/2023 (Total: value: $ 100,000).

  • Educational grant, The 6th Annual Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), Virtual, 2021.

  • Selected for NIH Earlier Career Reviewer Program, 2021.

  • Research-based National Interest Waiver (NIW) recipient under the category of individuals with exceptional ability, granted by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 2020.

  • Travel Award, The 144th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association, St. Louis, MO, 2019

  • Physician-Scientist Program Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 7/2019 – 6/2021 (Total value: $ 200,000).

  • Futures in Neurological Research (FiNR) Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology, 2019

  • Outstanding Citizenship Award, in recognition of being “the most engaged, respectful, and always willing to provide support and constructive feedback to peers and the program”, Clinical Research Training Center, Washington University, 2018.

  • Clinician Scientist Development Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2017– 2020 (Total value: $ 198,893).

  • Clinical Research Training Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology, 20117– 2019 (Total value: $ 130,000).

  • Educational Travel Grant, The 3rd Annual Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, San Diego, CA, 2017.

  • Fred Baskin Young Investigator Award, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2016.

  • Rivera-Weisberg Manuscript Award, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2016.

  • Travel Award, Summer School, European Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Vienna, Austria, 2016.

  •  Travel Award, The 29th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013.

  • Scholarship Award, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, 2012.

  •  Travel Award, The 5th Joint Triennial Congress of the European and Americas Committees on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS and ACTRIMS), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2011.

  •  Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 2011– 2013 (Total value: $ 87,500).

  •  Summer School Award, endMS Research and Training Network, Canada, 2011.

  •  Travel Award, Western Pacific endMS Regional Research and Training Centre, Canada, 2010 and 2011.

  •  Travel Award, Alberta endMS Regional Research and Training Centre, Canada, 2010.

  •  Travel Award, The 26th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010.

  • Jacqueline Du Pre Award, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, United Kingdom, 9/2009 – 11/2009 (Total value: $ 6,400).

  •  Dissertation Research Award, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2005.

  •  Distinguished Researcher Student Award, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2004.

  •  Outstanding Medical Student Award, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2003.