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Nomination deadline: 30 November 2025
Winner announcement: 28 February 2026
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Alexandra Dvorscek
Monash University
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Sara Louise Cosby
Queen's University Belfast
Prof. Dorothee Von Laer
Medical University Innsbruck
Dr. Pedro Plans-Rubio
Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Department of Health of Catalonia
Winner
Mona O. Mohsen
University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Dr. Zixin Wang
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Mark E. Peeples
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Winner
Carina Joe
University of Oxford, UK
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Jorge Leitão
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Prof. Giuseppe La Torre
Policlinico Umberto I
Dr. Pedro Plans-Rubio
Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Department of Health of Catalonia
Winner
Nicholas Provine
University of Oxford, UK
Award Committee
Dr. Ralph Tripp
Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. François Meurens
Swine and Poultry Infectious Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal
Prof. Sara Louise Cosby
Queen's University Belfast
Dr. Toru Takimoto
University of Rochester Medical Center
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