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The Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research
In 1996 The ALS Association in partnership with the American Academy of Neurology inaugurated the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research to acknowledge and honor an individual actively engaged in ALS research who is making significant contributions in research for the cause, treatment, prevention or cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The recipient receives a $25,000 prize to be used specifically for continuing his/her ALS research. Funding of the award is made possible through The Essey Family Fund and The ALS Association.
Through this award The ALS Association, The Essey Family Fund and the American Academy of Neurology wish to focus scientific and public attention on the challenges faced in ALS research and how vital such research is in understanding and arresting this devastating disease.
The nominating process and selection of the winner is under the direction of the American Academy of Neurology as part of its annual Scientific Awards Program. The award is presented during the American Academy of Neurology's Annual Meeting.
Prior recipients
| 2009 |
Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass and Dr. Orla Hardiman, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2008 |
Wim Robberecht, M.D, Ph.D., University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
| 2007 |
Christopher E. Henderson, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York City |
| 2006 |
Peter Carmeliet, M.D., Ph.D., Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium |
| 2005 |
Michael J. Strong, M.D., FRCPC, London, Ontario, Canada |
| 2004 |
P. Nigel Leigh, M.B.B.S, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., FMedSCI, Institute of Psychiatry at King's College in London |
| 2003 |
Dr. Stanley H. Appel, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2002 |
Serge Przedborski, MD, PhD, Columbia University, New York |
| 2001 |
Dr. Pamela Shaw, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England |
| 2000 |
Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien, McGill University, The Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 1999 |
Dr. Don Cleveland, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California |
| 1998 |
Dr. Ted Munsat, Tufts University, and Dr. Lewis P. Rowland, Columbia University |
| 1997 |
Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein, Johns Hopkins University |
| 1996 |
Dr. Robert H. Brown, Jr., Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Teepu Siddique, Northwestern University |
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