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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Aleksandra Barac
Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Kadotani
Department of Psychiatry, Shiga University of Medical Science
Prof. Dr. Avi Besser
Interdisciplinary School for Sciences, Health and Society, Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College
Prof. Daniela Varrica
Università di Palermo
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Winner
Roman Shrestha
University of Connecticut
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Prof. Dr. Dilipkumar R. Patel
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Dr. David Lean
Prof. Avi Besser
Interdisciplinary School for Sciences, Health and Society, Department of Communication Disorders, Hadassah Academic College
Prof. Amal K. Mitra
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Winner
Michael Bertram
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Award Committee
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
Chairperson
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Dr. Mar Alonso-Almeida
Dr. Lianguo Chen
Prof. Marco Innamorati
Università Europea di Roma
Winner
Grace Vincent
The Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Dr. Stefan Nilsson
University of Gothenburg
Prof. Luca Paolo Ardigò
Department of Teacher Education, NLA University College
Dr. William Evans
The George Washington University
Winner
Ioar Rivas
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Winner
Peng Jia
University of Twente
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Prof. Jon Oyvind Odland
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Winner
Bach Xuan Tran
Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Award Committee
Prof. Paul Tchounwou
Chairperson
Jackson State University
Prof. Jon Oyvind Odland
Dr. Yu-Pin Lin
National Taiwan University
Dr. William Toscano
University of Minnesota
Dr. David Berrigan
NCI
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