Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award

The Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award is a prestigious award honoring a scientist who has made a major contribution to liver disease research in basic science or in its application towards the prevention, treatment or cure of liver disease.

Fill out this form to submit a nomination.

Please submit the completed form and required letter of recommendation to hjordan@liverfoundation.org before September 30, 2023.

For further information, contact Helene Jordan, PhD, National Director, Research Program Management at hjordan@liverfoundation.org.

Past Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award Recipients

2022
David E. Cohen, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Endoscopy at Brigham and Women's Hospital
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2021
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and Chief of Digestive Diseases at the VA-Connecticut Healthcare System

2020
Gyongyi Szabo, MD
Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean at Harvard Medical School, Chief Academic Officer at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Beth Israel Lahey Health

2019
David Brenner, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego

2018
Michael Houghton, PhD
Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute, University of Alberta

2017
Arun Sanyal, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

2016
Scott L. Friedman, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2015
Anna Suk-Fong Lok, MD

University of Michigan Health System

2014
Raymond Schinazi, PhD, DSc

Emory University, Center for AIDS Research

2013
Charles M. Rice, PhD

The Rockefeller University

2012
Allan W. Wolkoff, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2011
Robert H. Purcell, MD

National Institutes of Health

2010
George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2009
Snorri S. Thorgeisson, MD, PhD

National Cancer Institute

2008
Neil Kaplowitz, MD

University of Southern California School of Medicine

2006
Roberto J. Groszmann, MD

West Haven VA Medical Center

2004
Nelson Fausto, MD

University of Washington School of Medicine

2002
Harvey J. Alter, MD

National Institutes of Health

2001
Nancy L. Bucher, MD

Boston University School of Medicine

2000
David A. Shafritz, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1999
James L. Boyer, MD

Yale University

1998
Irwin M. Arias, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine

1997
Francis V. Chisari, MD

The Scripps Research Institute

Last updated on September 14th, 2023 at 10:48 am

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