PNS Abstract Awards
Each year the PNS presents seven named lectures and provides a $750 USD prize to seven Junior Members presenting oral platform or oral poster abstracts, as a tribute to the luminaries in our field. Being chosen as a plenary speaker or award winner is considered an honor and commemorates the contributions of previous leaders in the industry.
Past Plenary Lecturers:
Richard P. Bunge Lecture - Biology of Nerve (Established 1997)
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1997: Mary B. Bunge 1999: Tony L. Yaksh 2001: Steven S. Scherer 2003: Godan Lundborg 2005: Hugh J. Willison 2007: Ueli Suter 2009 James L. Salzer |
2011: Marc Tessier-Lavigne 2013: Kristjan R. Jessen 2015: Matthew Rasband 2017: Elior (Ori) Peles 2018: Erika Holzbaur 2019: Alison Lloyd 2021: Laura Feltri |
Peter J. Dyke Lecture - Diabetes and Clinical Topics (Established 2013)
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2013: Roy Freeman 2015: David Bennett 2017: Gary Lewin 2018: Peter McNaughton 2019: Jan Geert Biessels 2021: Michael Caterina |
Arthur K. Asbury Lecture - GBS/CIDP/Inflammatory Neuropathy (Established 2017)
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2017: Isabella Ilya 2018: Kevin O’Connor 2019: Giuseppe Lauria 2021: Frank Bennett |
P.K. Thomas Lecture - Inherited Neuropathies (Established 2011)
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2011: Vincent Timmerman 2013: Steven S. Scherer 2015: Bart C. Jacobs 2017: Michael Coleman 2018: Alessandra Bolino 2019: David Adams 2021: Rebecca Schüle |
J.W. Griffin Lecture - Regeneration (Established 2011)
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2011: Clifford Woolf 2013: Patricia J. Armati 2015: Kelly Monk 2017: Jeff Milbrandt 2018: David Parkinson 2019: Valeria Cavalli 2021: Aaron Diantonio |
Jonathan Pembroke Lecture - Awarded to participants from Australia-Asia (Established 2017)
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2017: James J. Sejvar 2018: Craig Blackstone 2019: Massimo Zeviani 2021: Michio Hirano |
Richard A.C. Hughes Session - Clinical Trials Abstracts (Established 2019)
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Past Prize Recipients:
2020 Prize Recipients
Alan J. Gebhart Prize: Guido Cavaletti
2019 Prize Recipients
Arthur K. Asbury Award: Stephen Keddie
Richard P. Bunge Award: Federica Grandi
Peter J. Dyck Award: Raiza Bonomo
J.W. Griffin Award: Anthony Cirrincione
P.K. Thomas Award: Andrea Cortese
Jonathan Pembroke Award: Gonzalo Perez Siles
Richard A.C. Hughes Award: Christa Walgaard
Alan J. Gebhart Prize: Eva Feldman & Douglas Zochodne
2018 Prize Recipients
Arthur K. Asbury Award: Divyanshu Dubey
Richard P. Bunge Award: Charlotte Sumner
Peter J. Dyck Award: Krish Chandrasekaran
J.W. Griffin Award: Thomas Brushart
P.K. Thomas Award: Yueqin Zhou
Jonathan Pembroke Award: Sung- Tsang Hseih
Alan J. Gebhart Prize: Richard A.C. Hughes
2017 Prize Recipients
Arthur K. Asbury Award: Rhona McGonigal
Richard P. Bunge Award: Marta Pellegata
Peter J. Dyck Award: Andreas Themistoleow
J.W. Griffin Award: Jorge Galino
P.K. Thomas Award: Dana Bis
Jonathan Pembroke Award: Haruki Koike
Alan J. Gebhart Prize: Susumu Kusunoki
2015 Prize Recipients
Arthur K. Asbury Award: R. Huizinga
Richard P. Bunge Award:
Peter J. Dyck Award: L. Van Helleputte
J.W. Griffin Award: M. Kaller
P.K. Thomas Award: S. Carmona
Jonathan Pembroke Award: Z. Li
Alan J. Gebhart Prize: Steven Scherer and Hugh Willison