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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Abdu Oumer Abdu
Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University
Inés Domínguez López
Universitat de Barcelona
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairman
University of Connecticut
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Prof. Luis A. Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Winner
Gabriela de Oliveira Lemos
University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
Ariadna Gomez Vilarrubla
INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE GIRONA (IDIBGI), Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairman
University of Connecticut
Prof. Yvan Vandenplas
UZ Brussel
Prof. Luis A. Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. George Moschonis
La Trobe University
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Winner
Gabriele Serreli
University of Cagliari , Italy
Jiaqi Ni
Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairman
University of Connecticut
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Luis A. Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Winner
Jacquelyn Cheng
Cornell University, USA
Maria Carpena Rodriguez
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairman
University of Connecticut
Dr. Leanne M. Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Francisco José Perez
University of Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Gunter Georg Christian Kuhnle
University of Reading
Dr. Gloria Vega
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Prof. Lluis Serra-Majem
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Prof. Ina Bergheim
University of Vienna
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. Dolores del Castillo
CSIC
Winner
Mrinalini Dey
Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Award Committee
Prof. Ina Bergheim
Chairman
University of Vienna
Prof. Pietro Vajro
University of Salerno
Dr. Martin Hubner
CHUV
Winner
Elom Kouassivi Aglago
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France
Bryan Gannon
Cornell University, USA
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