American Roentgen Ray Society Names Anna McKenney, Michael
Larson 2026 ARRS Scholars
Leesburg, VA, February 26, 2026—The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
is pleased to announce two 2026 ARRS Scholarships have been granted to
Anna
Sophia McKenney, MD, PhD, MPH, of Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital and
Michael Craig Larson, MD, PhD, from University of
California Davis–Health.
Provided by ARRS’ own
The Roentgen Fund®, the ARRS Scholarship
supports early-career faculty members pursuing radiological research that promises
to change how medical imaging is practiced. A two-year grant totaling $180,000,
the ARRS Scholarship aims to advance emerging scholars, as well as prepare them
for positions of leadership.
Drs. McKenney and
Larson will be formally recognized as recipients of the ARRS Scholarship during
the 2026 ARRS Annual Meeting at
the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA.Anna “Sophie” McKenney, MD, PhD, MPH, is an interventional
radiologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New
York City, where she completed her interventional/diagnostic radiology
residency. She received her MD from Cornell University, completed her PhD
through the Tri-Institutional MSTP program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, and holds an MPH from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. McKenney has
received prior awards from the NIH/NCI (F30 NRSA Fellowship), Radiological
Society of North America (Roentgen Research Award), and Society of
Interventional Radiology. She previously served on the board of Weill Cornell
and was later selected for the Weill Cornell Leadership in Academic Medicine
Program. Additionally, she was selected to be a member of the RadioGraphics Trainee Editorial Board, and now serves as an associate editor for the Journal
of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Her research focuses on
understanding the mechanisms underlying image-guided interventions and
leveraging advanced imaging to improve outcomes.
With this ARRS Scholarship,
Dr. McKenney will build upon her work by applying advanced MRI techniques to
predict treatment response following transarterial embolization, laying the
foundation for future advances in image-guided and precision interventional therapies.
Michael Craig Larson, MD,
PhD, earned his terminal degrees from the Medical College of Wisconsin before
completing a radiology residency at the University of Arizona–Tucson, where he
pursued the B. Leonard Holman Research Pathway to advance optical biopsy
technology. He then completed an abdominal MRI and non-vascular interventional
fellowship before joining UC Davis as faculty in the abdominal radiology division
in late 2021. Currently an assistant professor, he directed the division’s
cross-sectional interventional radiology service from 2023 to 2025, until a
hospital restructuring. Dr. Larson is passionate about teaching undergraduates,
medical students, residents, and fellows, and finds joy in discovery and
innovation—whether seeing a trainee make a new mental connection, identifying
the cause of a patient’s symptoms, recognizing an imaging feature that could
potentially improve accuracy, or collaborating on process improvements and
novel device development.
Through his ARRS Scholarship, Dr. Larson will expand on
others’ work blurring the borders between traditional surgical approaches and
image-guided procedures. Piloting image-guided correction of certain abdominal
wall hernias, internal/hiatal hernias, and pelvic floor prolapses, his work aims
to redefine the therapeutic pathways of corrective abdominopelvic surgery to
create less invasive, more efficient treatment options.
Since 1990, The Roentgen Fund has granted millions of
dollars to hundreds of imaging professionals for both research pursuits and
professional development. Today, through six vital scholarship and fellowship
programs, the generosity of The Roentgen Fund’s donors is channeled to every
corner of the globe—establishing dual foundations in innovation and leadership
for a true diversity of radiology’s next generation.
Medical schools, affiliated hospitals, and clinical research
institutions with training interests in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine,
allied sciences, or other professions fundamental to imaging techniques are
invited to submit one nomination for the 2027 ARRS Scholarships.North America’s first
radiological society, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) remains
dedicated to the advancement of medicine through the profession of medical
imaging and its allied sciences. An international forum for progress in
radiology since the discovery of the x-ray, ARRS maintains its mission of
improving health through a community committed to advancing knowledge and
skills with the ARRS Annual Meeting,
two radiology journals—American Journal of
Roentgenology (AJR) and Roentgen
Ray Review (R3)—ARRS
Symposia, free-access multimedia from our Global Partner Societies,
as well as awarding scholarships via The
Roentgen Fund®.
MEDIA CONTACT: Logan K. Young
44211 Slatestone Court
Leesburg, VA 20176
[email protected]