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Application deadline: 31 October 2025
Winner announcement: 31 December 2025
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Mercedes Taroncher Ruiz
Faculty of Pharmacy, university of Valencia, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Dr. Marc Maresca
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
University of Tennessee
Dr. Jacob Galan
University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Winner
Karoline Sanches
Monash University
Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
