Foundation
The Annemarie Opprecht - Foundation was established in 1998 and is sponsored by Annemarie Opprecht, a Swiss philanthropist.
The specific purpose of the Foundation is to promote, at an international level, medical or medical-related research in the field of Parkinson's disease.
Therefore, the Foundation presents at regular intervals the Annemarie Opprecht Parkinson Award, in amount of 100,000 Swiss francs.
The next, ninth, Award presentation will be in autumn 2026.
Previous awards were given in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015 and 2018 and 2023.
Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Peter Gurtner, Switzerland
President of the Foundation
lic. rer. pol. Hanny Meister
Swiss Certified Public Accountant
Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Sturzenegger, Switzerland
President of the Prize Committee
Theo Prinz, Business Economist FH, Switzerland
Dr. med. Claude Vaney, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. phil. Hans Rudolf Widmer, Switzerland
Auditor
OBT AG, Rorschach
Latest News
The Award presentation 2026 will be on December 17th 2026 during the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Movement Disorders Society in Bern.
Deadlines
Submission for the next award: to be defined
Award Winners
2026 Award
Lara M Lange, MD,
Prof. Christine Klein, MD, FEAN
2023 Award
Prof. D. James Surmeier,
Prof. Michel Goedert and Dr. Sjors H.W. Scheres
2018 Award
Prof. Paul Krack
2015 Award
Prof. Heiko Braak
2012 Award
Prof. Lorenz Studer
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. Anthony H.V. Schapira
Prof. Pierre Pollak