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.
2012 Sheila Essey Award Recipient Recognized
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Prior recipients
2011 Leonard van den Berg, M.D., Ph.D., University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands
2010 Dr. Clive Svendsen, Director of the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute in California
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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