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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Inés Domínguez López
Universitat de Barcelona
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. George Moschonis
La Trobe University
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak
Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Winner
Lucía Iglesias Vázquez
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope
Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Winner
Alex Mohr
Arizona State University, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak
Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope
Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Winner
Julia Rode
Örebro University, Sweden
Award Committee
Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez
Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Prof. Ina Bergheim
University of Vienna
Dr. Leanne M. Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Dolores del Castillo
CSIC
Dr. Francisco José Perez
University of Barcelona
Dr. Gloria Vega
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Prof. Manohar Garg
University of Necwastle
Prof. Valerie Duffy
University of Connecticut
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