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2003 Awards
ILAE and IBE Announce Awards at The 23rd International Epilepsy Congress
In a moving opening ceremony, ILAE President Giuliano Avanzini and IBE President Philip Lee presented a number of awards on behalf of the League and the Bureau. |
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given only on special occasions
to honor truly exceptional persons who have dedicated their entire lives to people with
epilepsy, and who have made continuing, outstanding contributions to the field. |
Young Investigator Awards
Young Investigator Awards are made possible through an unrestricted
educational grant from Glaxo Wellcome and reflect meritorious
research as judged by the Scientific Advisory Committee from
among abstracts submitted for the Congress. They were presented
to:
- J. Alvarez-Carriles, USA
- C. Apaydin Kaya, Turkey
- S. Appenzeller, Brazil
- C. Barba, Italy
- A. Becker, Germany
- L. Bonhila, Brazil
- P. Cossette, Canada
- T. Daisuke, Japan
- K. Deblaere, Belgium
- G. d'Orsi, Italy
- L. Faria, Brazil
- E. Gardella, Italy
- P. George, India
- B. Giagante, Argentina
- S. Jamali, France
- N. Louhab, Morocco
- J. Mallows, UK
- R. Meneses, Portugal
- J. Morales Corrazon, Spain
- V. Morgan, USA
- Y. Nagai, UK
- EB. Ngoungou, France
- M. Osipova, Georgia
- A. Pandit, India
- S. Pereira, France
- T. Pisano, Italy
- K. Reid, UK
- J. Silva Jr, Brazil
- S. Somayajula, India
- A. Sow, Senegal
- M. Tan, Philippines
- E. Tolmacheva, Russia
- P. Vitali, Italy
- G. Xu, China
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Michael Prize
The Michael Prize,
which recognizes young epileptologists who have a record of
outstanding research in epilepsy, was given to Frau Prof. Dr. H. Potschka, (Germany), Dr. J. Janszky, Pecs (Hungary). |
Ambassador Awards
Ambassador Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the international
fight against epilepsy. They were awarded to:
- Dr Athanasios Covanis, Greece
- Dr Zenebe Gedlie Damtie, Ethiopia
- Prof Dragoslav Ercegovac, Yugoslavia
- Mr Mike Glynn, Ireland
- Dr Renzo Guerrini, Italy
- Dr Marshal Mo-Song Hsi, Taiwan
- Dr Vladimír Komárek, Czech Republic
- Dr Günter Krämer, Switzerland
- Mrs Susanne Lund, Sweden
- Prof Jeffrey Noebels, USA
- Prof Claude Wasterlain, USA
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Social Accomplishment Award
The Social Accomplishment Award is given to an individual who has contributed
in outstanding ways to the social benefit of people with epilepsy.
This year's recipient was Dr Chi-Wan Lai of Taiwan. |
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