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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Angelo Roberto Raccagni
Vita Salute San Raffaele University
Hannah Brown Harding
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Award Committee
Prof. Lawrence Young
Chairman
University of Warwick
Dr. Marat R. Sadykov
Prof. Dr. Helmut Fickenscher
Institute for Infection Medicine
Prof. Ming Fan
Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph
Winner
Shuofeng Yuan
The University of Hong Kong
Rhea Longley
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI)
Award Committee
Prof. Lawrence Young
Chairman
University of Warwick
Dr. Stephanie Richards
Prof. Anders Sjöstedt
Department of Clinical Microbiology
Dr. Marat R. Sadykov
Prof. Dr. Valentina Virginia Ebani
University of Pisa
Prof. Dr. Alexis de ROUGEMONT
Centre National de Référence des Virus des gastro-entérites
Winner
Marta Giovanetti
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Carrie M. Long
Laboratory of Bacteriology, DIR, NIAID, NIH
Award Committee
Prof. Lawrence Young
Chairman
University of Warwick
Dr. Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Dr. Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Dr. Vivi Miriagou
Winner
Si Ming Man
The Australian National University
Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan
The University of Hong Kong
Award Committee
Prof. Lawrence Young
Chairman
University of Warwick
Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro
University of Burgos
Prof. Sante Roperto
Naples University
Prof. Cristiano Salata
Department of Molecular Medicine - University of Padova
Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
INRAE
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