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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Laurent Dercle
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Lorraine S. Evangelista
Chairman
The University of Texas Austin School of Nursing
Winner
Filipe Rodrigues
ESECS – Institute Polytechnic of Leiria
Award Committee
Prof. Marco Dettori
Chairman
University of Sassari
Dr. Hooman Mirzakhani
Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School
Prof. Dr. Filippo Familiari
Magna Graecia University
Dr. Shou-En Lu
Rutgers School of Public Health
Winner
Shahnawaz Anwer
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Award Committee
Dr. Jose M. Moran
Chairman
Universidad de Extremadura
Prof. Carmelle Peisah
University New South Wales
Dr. Alejandro Rodríguez González
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Marco Tramontano
University of Bologna, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM)
Dr. Hooman Mirzakhani
Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School
Dr. Susan Ka Yee Chow
Winner
Amir Karami
University of South Carolina
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Norbert Hosten
Chairman
Dr. Joaquim Carreras
Tokai University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
Dr. Gang Kou
SWUFE
Prof. Dr. Sarfaraz K. Niazi
University of Illinois
Prof. Marco Dettori
University of Sassari
Prof. Giuseppe Rizzo
Università Roma La Sapienza
Prof. Dr. Mario Felice Tecce
Università di Salerno
Prof. Attilio Parisi
Department of Human, Movement Sciences and Health, University of Rome “Foro Italico”
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