2026 Editorial Scholars Program

The Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Editorial Scholars Program. The Editorial Scholars Program seeks to enhance the skills of early-career faculty interested in pursuing an editorial role in scientific publishing and to expand the pool of qualified peer reviewers for the Society’s affiliated journals (Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Oncology Advances, and Neuro-Oncology Practice and the new launch NeuroOncology Pediatrics). The program also offers an introduction to the journals’ production and post-publication activities. The broader goal of the program is to increase exposure to, involvement in, and commitment to the journals' peer-review process, ethical considerations, editing, and publishing of medical research manuscripts among early-stage researchers.

The 2026 Editorial Scholars

Ahmed Galal Rezk, Tanta University, Egypt
Anjali Vijayakumaran Ramdulari, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Christine Cordova, Mayo Clinic, USA
David Gritsch, Mass General Brigham, USA
Elena Pasquinelli, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Italy
Jia Shen, Indiana University, USA
Jignesh Tailor, Indiana University, USA
Juan Bautista Blaquier, University of Miami, USA
Kailin Yang, University of Iowa, USA
L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, Mass General Brigham, USA
Lindsay Robell, University of Michigan, USA
Marina Kushnirsky, University of Miami/ Sylvester Cancer Center, USA
Omar Hameed Butt, Washington University, St. Louis Missouri, USA
Paola Jablonsk, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Spain
Ruham Nasany, University of Miami, USA
Shannon Fortin Ensign, Mayo Clinic, USA
Sheila Mansouri, Mayo Clinic, USA
Sushant Puri, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Victoria Mwebe Katasi, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
Zeynep Erson-Omay, Yale University, USA

The 2026 Editorial Scholars Mentors

Farshad Nassiri, University of Toronto, Canada
Mustafa Khasraw, Duke University, USA
Matthew Dun, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Howard Colman, University of Utah, USA
Krishna Bhat, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Sameer Agnihotri, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Nino Chiocca, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
David Schiff, UVA Health, USA
Matthias Preusser, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Bill Weiss, University of California, San Francisco
Patrick Wen, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Roberta Ruda, University of Turin, Italy
Heather Leeper, University of Chicago, USA
Macarena De La Fuente, University of Miami, USA
David Eisenstat, Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia
Burt Nabors, University of Alabama, USA
Justin Lathia, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, USA
Roy Strowd, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, USA
Maryam Fouladi, Nationwide Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Jill Barnholtz Sloan, Emory University, USA

The Editorial Scholars will participate in (2) two virtual training sessions as part of the program. The first session will review the journal’s history, the publication process, and the team’s responsibilities (e.g., COPE guidelines for authors, reviewers, confidentiality, timeliness, ethical issues and integrity, diversity and inclusion, and metrics). Session two will introduce the peer review process, the assessment of the quality of a manuscript, and the impact on the field. The final training process will take place in person on November 11, 2026, at the SNO Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. The in-person session will give the scholars the opportunity to hear from senior editors in the field and participate in a one-on-one workshop.

The Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) is committed to supporting the next generation of researchers and scholars, and the Editorial Scholars program is just one of the ways we are fulfilling that commitment to its mission.

SNO is also committed to making diversity, equity, and inclusion a critical part of our educational initiatives—in our journals, conferences, and online courses.

For more information about the Editorial Scholars Program, please contact amelia@soc-neuro-onc.org  

Steering Committee
Roy Strowd- SNO Career Development and Training Committee representative and AAN liaison
Macarena de la Fuente- SNO Neurology representative
Elizabeth Gerstner-SNO Young Investigator Committee representative
Minesh Mehta- Associate Editor for NeuroOncology
David Schiff- Associate Editor for NeuroOncology
Burt Nabors- Editorial Board Member for NeuroOncology
Elizabeth Martinson- Editorial Manager for NeuroOncology
Susan Chang- Editor-in-Chief for NeuroOncology

Program Manager
Shelley Pressley- Society for NeuroOncology
Amelia Hutsell - Society for NeuroOncology