![Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, chairman of UVA's Department of Neuroscience and director of its Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG).](https://makingofmedicine.virginia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jonathan_Kipnis_NIH_DIrector_Award_Web-351x244.jpg)
A Pioneer Award for Truly Pioneering Research
Our Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, has made a series of amazing discoveries, starting with his identification of vessels connecting the brain and the immune system that were not supposed to exist. Now his game-changing work has received a most prestigious recognition: The Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.…