prizes

Alan J. Gebhart Prize for Excellence in Peripheral Nerve Research

We award the prestigious Alan J. Gebhart Prize for Excellence in Peripheral Nerve Research each year during our awards ceremony at the PNS Annual Meeting. This award recognizes an Active PNS Member’s ongoing contributions to our mission of “improving the lives of people with peripheral neuropathies.” The unrestricted cash prize is awarded to an established researcher (or researchers) in the peripheral nerve field.

Application Period: 8 December 2023 – 1 April 2024

Prize Criteria: The award recipient must be:

- An established researcher in the field of peripheral nerve.
- An active member of the PNS in good financial standing for a minimum of two years.

Prior applicants are encouraged to re-apply. Prior prize recipients will not be eligible.

To Apply: Please send the completed application form and candidate CV as a single PDF to education@PNSociety.com. If self-nominated, the candidate should identify two nominators.

2023 Alan J. Gebhart Prize Recipients

This year the award is shared between two members who have made outstanding conributions to the field. Congratulations to Claudia Sommer, MD and Pieter van Doorn, MD, PhD.

Past Alan J. Gebhart Prize Recipients

2023: Claudia Sommer, MD, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany & Pieter van Doorn, MD, PhD, Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2022: Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2021: Michael Shy, MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
2020: Guido Cavaletti, MD, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
2019: Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2019: Douglas Zochodne, MD, University of Alberta, Edmonta, Alberta, Canada
2018: Richard A.C. Hughes, MD FRCP FMedSci FEAN, University College London, London, UK
2017: Susumu Kusunoki, MD, PhD, Kindai University, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
2015: Steven Scherer, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA & Hugh Willison, MD, PhD, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

2023 Alan J. Gebhart Prize Recipients

This year the award is shared between two members who have made outstanding conributions to the field. Congratulations to Claudia Sommer, MD and Pieter van Doorn, MD, PhD.

Named Lectures & Abstract Prizes

The PNS has 8 named lectures commenmorating the contributions of leaders in the field. Each lecture is presented as a Plenary Lectures at the PNS Annual Meeting. Being chosen as a plenary speaker is considered an honor. Additionally, the PNS provides $750 USD cash prizes to Junior Members presenting abstracts at the Annual Meeting in those research areas as a tribute to the luminaries in our field.

Anita Harding Lecture

Female Pioneer

Est. 2022

Lecturers

2023: Marina Kennerson
2022: Charlotte Sumner

Abstract Prize Recipients

2023: Asta Arendt-Tranholm
2022: Luise Appeltshauser

Richard A.C. Hughes Symposium

Lecturers

2023: John Svaren
2022: Carla Taveggia
2021: Laura Feltri
2019: Alison Lloyd
2018: Erika Holzbaur
2017: Elior (Ori) Peles
2015: Matthew Rasband
2013: Kristjan R. Jessen
2011: Marc Tessier-Lavigne
2009 James L. Salzer
2007: Ueli Suter
2005: Hugh J. Willison
2003: Godan Lundborg
2001: Steven S. Scherer
1999: Tony L. Yaksh
1997: Mary B. Bunge

Abstract Prize Recipients

2023:Natalia Dominik
2022: Brendan Zotter
2021: Zixuan Wang
2019: Federica Grandi
2018: Charlotte Sumner
2017: Marta Pellegata

2024 PNS Prize Committee

This Committee selects the recipients and awards cash prizes to Junior Members presenting abstracts at the Annual Meeting, as a tribute to the luminaries in the field.

Prize Committee Co-Chiars

Albena Jordanova, PhD,

VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium

Mario Saporta, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAN

University of Miami, Miami, USA