Neurologist Wins Dystel Prize for Research on Immune Cells in Multiple Sclerosis

Amit Bar-Or, MD, the Melissa and Paul Anderson President’s Distinguished Professor of Neurology, and director of the Center for Neuroinflammation and Neurotherapeutics, received the 2025 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research. This prestigious prize, jointly presented by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Academy of Neurology, honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to understanding, treating, or preventing multiple sclerosis (MS). The award recognizes Bar-Or’s trailblazing research that has significantly advanced the understanding of how immune cells interact with each other and the central nervous system to cause MS attacks and progression and has led to the development of promising new therapies.