ETA Merck-Serono Prize

This prize, kindly and generously sponsored by Merck-Serono is awarded at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Thyroid Association. The prize winner is required to deliver a lecture in his/her field of research at the meeting.

1. Candidates should be distinguished scientists but do not require to be members of the ETA.

2. The prize will be announced at least 8 months before the award to all members of the association who will be asked to submit suggestions to the Executive Committee.

3. Candidates for the prize may be proposed and seconded by any two Ordinary or Honorary members of the ETA. The proposers should submit the candidate's curriculum vitae and a short citation (of no more than 500 words) indicating the nature of the candidate's personal contribution to thyroid research to the Secretary of the Association by the deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the ETA.

4. The award will be made by the Executive Committee after secret ballot of the members of the Committee. The prize will be awarded to the candidate with an absolute majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tied vote the President will have a deciding vote.

5. Merck-Serono will be informed about the decision as soon as possible.

PRIZE WINNERS

1992 P. Reed Larsen, USA
1993 Jacques Nunez, France
1994 B Vennstrom, Sweden
1995 Gilbert Vassart, Belgium
1996 Bruce Ponder, UK
1997 Francois Delange, Belgium
1998 Samuel Refetoff, USA
1999 D Forrest, USA
2000 Roberto Di Lauro, Italy
2001 N. Carrasco, USA
2002 Anthony P. Weetman, UK
2003 Alfredo Fusco, Italy
2004 Juan Bernal, Spain
2005 Jacques E. Dumont, Belgium
2006 Paolo Beck-Peccoz, Italy
2007 James A. Fagin, USA
2008 Furio Pacini, Italy
2009 Theo Visser, The Netherlands
2010 Massimo Santoro, Italy
2011 Wilmar Wiersinga, The Netherlands