Dr. Aronowski is Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology, and the Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Neurology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center (UTHealth) in Houston. He received his advanced degrees from the Warsaw Medical School and Polish Academy of Sciences. He has published more than 100 papers, and given more than 100 plenary lectures and invited presentations around the world. Aronowski has served on more than 100 NIH and AHA study sections and acted as a member of the Planning Group to Establish NIH Future Goals/Priorities in Stroke Research-National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Aronowski's research pertaining to cerebral ischemia and intracerebral has been sponsored continuously for two decades with grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the AHA. Discoveries in Aronowski's laboratory have resulted in clinical trials for ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. He is the Associate Editor for Basic Science for the Stroke journal. He is co-chair of the advisory committee for preclinical studies for NIH StrokeNet. He was honored with the 2017 Thomas Willis Award from the American Heart Association for his significant and long-term contributions to the basic science of stroke.