1999 AWARD

 

Prof. A.H.V. Schapira, University College London, London, Great Britain
- Award-winning publication: "Mitochondrial DNA Transmission of the Mitochondrial
Defect in Parkinson's Disease". Ann Neurology 1998; 44:177-186.

 

Prof. Pierre Pollak , Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France
- Award-winning publication: “Electrical Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Advanced Parkinson's Disease".
New Engl J Med 1998; 339: 1105-1111.

 

2002 AWARD

 

Prof. Jose A. Obeso, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Espania
- Award-winning publication: "The subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's Disease: Somatotopic organization and physiologial characteristics". Brain 2001; 124: 1777-1790.

 

2005 AWARD

 

Prof. Stanley Fahn, Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.
- Award winning publication: Parkinson Study Group. "Levodopa and the progression of Parkinson's disease".  N Engl J Med. 2004 Dec 9; 351(24): 2498 - 2508.

 

Professor Zbigniew K.Wszolek, Department of Neurology,  Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, USA.
- Award winning publication: “Mutations in LRRK2 cause autosomal-dominant parkinsonism with pleomorphic pathology. Neuron 2004; 444: 601-607.

 

2008 AWARD

 

Professor John Hardy, Institute of Neurology, University College, Queen Square, London.

and

Prof. Andrew B. Singleton, Chief of the Molecular Genetics Section and Acting Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Award winning publication: Genome-wide genotyping in Parkinson's disease and neurologically normal controls: first stage analysis and public release of data. Lancet Neurol 2006; 5: 911-16.

 


Award Winner 2008:

There were 11 applicants who all have submitted a scientific work of outstanding quality which made the decision to the price committe extremely difficult.

The committee finally has elected:

John Hardy, Professor of Neuroscience Institute of Neurology, University College, Queen Square, London

and

Andrew B. Singleton, Chief of Molecular Genetics Section and Acting Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. Maryland USA


Award Presentation:

October 30th, 2008, in Basle/Switzerland at the annual joint scientific meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society and the Swiss Society for Psychiatry.


2008 Award

Prof. John Hardy
Prof. Andrew B. Singleton

2005 Award

Prof. Stanley Fahn

Prof. Zbigniew K.Wszolek

2002 Award

Prof. José A. Obeso

1999 Award

Prof. A.H.V. Schapira

Prof. Pierre Pollak


Submission for the award in 2011:

to be defined