Sheila Essey Award Explained

The Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research was established in 1996 and is sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology.^[1] The prize is funded through the philanthropy of the Essey family and the ALS Association.^[2] The award recognizes an individual who has made seminal research contributions in the search for the cause, prevention of, and cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The award includes a trophy, a $50,000 prize, and a 20-minute lecture at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting. The prize is named after Sheila Essey (wife of Richard Essey^[3]) who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1994.

Awardees

Source: American Academy of Neurology

• 1996 Robert H. Brown Jr.
• 1996 Teepue Siddique^[4]
• 1997 Jeffrey Rothstein
• 1998 Theodore Munsat
• 1998 Lewis P. Rowland
• 1999 Don Cleveland
• 2000 Jean Pierre Julien
• 2001 Pamela Shaw
• 2002 Serge Przedborski^[5]
• 2003 Stanley Appel
• 2004 Peter Nigel Leigh
• 2005 Michael Strong
• 2006 Peter Carmeliet
• 2007 Christopher Henderson^[6]
• 2008 Wim Robberecht
• 2009 Merit Cudkowicz
• 2009 Orla Hardiman^[7]
• 2010 Clive Svendsen, PhD^[8]
• 2011 Leonard van den Berg
• 2012 Christopher Shaw, MD, FRACP^[9]
• 2013 Rosa Rademakers
• 2013 Bryan J. Traynor^[10]
• 2014 Jeremy Shefner^[11]
• 2015 Robert Bowser, PhD^[12]
• 2015 Adriano Chiò^[13]
• 2016 Ammar Al-Chalabi^[14]
• 2017 John M. Ravits
• 2018 Timothy Miller^[15]
• 2019 Aaron Gitler

See also

• List of medicine awards

References

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2. Web site: The ALS Association. www.alsa.org. 2019-06-24.
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4. Book: Inc, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Britannica Book of the Year 2012. 2012-03-01. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. 9781615356188. en.
5. Web site: American Academy Of Neurology Honors Dr. Serge Przedborski For Breakthroughs In Als. 2002-04-15. Columbia University Irving Medical Center. en. 2019-07-27.
6. 2007-06-01. Milestones. The Lancet Neurology. English. 6. 6. 483. 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70120-5. 208783434. 1474-4422. free.
7. Web site: Leading Irish Neurologist Receives International Award for Motor Neurone Disease Research. 2009-04-28. Trinity News and Events. en-GB. 2019-07-27.
8. Web site: Director of Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute to Receive Prestigious ALS Research Award from American Academy of Neurology. 2019-07-27.
9. Web site: Awards Honor Christopher Shaw, Remember Richard Olney ALZFORUM. www.alzforum.org. 2019-07-27.
10. Web site: The ALS Association and AAN Announce 2013 Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research. www.alsa.org. 2019-07-27.
11. Web site: Jeremy Shefner, M.D., Ph.D. receives the Sheila Essey Award.
12. Web site: Robert P. Bowser PhD honored by The American Academy of Neurology and The ALS Association – AZBio. en-US. 2019-07-27.
13. Web site: Two ALS Researchers Win Sheila Essey Award. www.prnewswire.com. en. 2019-07-27.
14. Web site: American Academy of Neurology Announces 2016 Research Award Winners. Sleep Review. en-US. 2019-07-27.
15. Web site: Miller receives Essey award from neurological society. www.publicnow.com. 2019-07-27.