Potamkin Prize
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The Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases was established in 1988 and is sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology
. The prize is funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin Foundation. The prize is awarded for achievements on emerging areas of research in Pick's disease
, Alzheimer's disease
and other dementia
s.
The award includes a medallion, $100,000 prize, and a 20-minute lecture
at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
.
American Academy of Neurology
The American Academy of Neurology is a professional society for neurologists and neuroscientists. As a medical specialty society it was established in 1949 by A.B. Baker of the University of Minnesota to advance the art and science of neurology, and thereby promote the best possible care for...
. The prize is funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin Foundation. The prize is awarded for achievements on emerging areas of research in Pick's disease
Pick's disease
Pick's disease, is a rare neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain. Symptoms include loss of speech , and dementia. While some of the symptoms can initially be alleviated, the disease progresses and patients often die within two to ten years...
, Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
and other dementia
Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
s.
The award includes a medallion, $100,000 prize, and a 20-minute lecture
Lecture
thumb|A lecture on [[linear algebra]] at the [[Helsinki University of Technology]]A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history,...
at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
History
The prize is named after Luba Potamkin who, in 1978, was diagnosed with a form of dementia which was identified as Pick’s disease, a form of frontotemporal dementiaFrontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia is a clinical syndrome caused by degeneration of the frontal lobe of the brain and may extend back to the temporal lobe...
.
Awards
- 1988: Robert D. Terry, MD
- 1989: Dennis Selkoe, MD, George G. Glenner, MD
- 1990: Colin Masters, MD, Konrad Beyreuther, PhD
- 1991: Stanley B. PrusinerStanley B. PrusinerStanley Ben Prusiner is an American neurologist and biochemist. Currently the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, San Francisco . Prusiner discovered prions, a class of infectious self-reproducing pathogens primarily or solely composed of protein...
, MD - 1992: Donald L. Price, MD, Robert Katzman, MD
- 1993: Blas Frangione, MD, PhD, Alison Goate, PhD, John HardyJohn Hardy (geneticist)John Anthony Hardy is a human geneticist and molecular biologist whose research interests focus on neurological disease.-Career:...
, PhD, Christine Van BroeckhovenChristine Van BroeckhovenChristine Van Broeckhoven is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor in Molecular genetics at the University of Antwerp . She is also leading the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp of the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology...
, PhD - 1994: Allen D. Roses, MD, Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD
- 1995: Steven G. Younkin, MD, PhD, Khalid Iqbal, PhD, Yasuo Ihara, MD
- 1996: Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, Peter St. George-Hyslop, MD
- 1997: Sangram S. Sisodia, PhD, Elio Lugaresi, MD, Pierluigi Gambetti, MD
- 1998: Michel Goedert, PhD, Virginia Man-Yee Lee, PhD, John Q. TrojanowskiJohn Q. TrojanowskiJohn Quinn Trojanowski -Biography:He obtained his M.D./Ph.D. in 1976 from Tufts University in Boston. After a medicine internship at Mt...
, MD, PhD - 1999: Arne Brun, MD, PhD, Kirk Wilhelmsen, MD, PhD, Bernardino Ghetti, MD
- 2000: Maria Grazia Spillantini, PhD, Michael Hutton, PhD
- 2001: Dale Schenk, PhD
- 2002: Christian HaassChristian HaassChristian Haass is a German biochemist who specializes in metabolic biochemistry and neuroscience.Haass studied biology in Heidelberg from 1981 to 1985. From 1990 on he was a...
, PhD, Bart De StrooperBart De StrooperBart De Strooper is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . He is head of the VIB Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, K.U.Leuven....
, MD, PhD - 2003: David M. Holtzman, MD, Ashley I. Bush, MD, PhD
- 2004: Leon L. Thal, MD, Roger M. Nitsch, MD
- 2005: John Morris, MD, and Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD
- 2006: Karen AsheKaren AsheKaren K. Hsiao Ashe is a professor at the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, where she holds theEdmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in Neurology and Neuroscience...
, MD, PhD; Karen Duff, MD, PhD; and Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD - 2007: Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc
- 2008: Clifford R. Jack Jr., MD; William KlunkPittsburgh compound BPittsburgh compound B is a fluorescent analog of thioflavin T, which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue...
, MD, PhD; and Chester MathisPittsburgh compound BPittsburgh compound B is a fluorescent analog of thioflavin T, which can be used in positron emission tomography scans to image beta-amyloid plaques in neuronal tissue...
, PhD - 2009: Robert Vassar, PhD; Michael Wolfe, PhD; Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD
- 2010: Bruce L. Miller, MD; Lennart Mucke, MD.
- 2011: Dennis W. Dickson, MD; Eckhard Mandelkow, PhD; Eva-Maria Mandelkow, PhD