Introduction

The Andrea Prader Prize is an annual Leadership Award given to a member of the Society. It is the most prestigious ESPE senior award and was created to honour lifetime achievement in teaching and research, as well as to recognise outstanding leadership and overall contribution to the field of paediatric endocrinology.

The prize is awarded through nomination and final selection by the Andrea Prader Prize Committee.

Regulations

a) The membership are no longer invited to make nominations.

b) Each current year's Prize Selection Committee has a maximum list of six candidates from among ESPE Members who are eligible for the prize.

c) Each of the six candidates is invited by the ESPE Secretary to provide an up-to-date copy of their CV and a list of publications. The candidate will also be asked to provide a list of his/her ten pre-eminent publications on one sheet, together with a list of trainees in paediatric endocrinology who have received training in their department and their current positions.

Eligibility

Candidates must be ESPE members, excluding Corresponding Members and current members of the ESPE Council and the Prize Selection Committee.

This award is made possible by the generous support of Pfizer, USA.

Previous Winners

• 1988 Dr Milo Zachmann, Zürich, Switzerland
• 1989 Dr Leo Van den Brande, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 1990 Dr Raphael Rappaport, Paris, France
• 1991 Dr Albert Aynsley-Green, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• 1992 Dr Nathalie Josso, Montrouge, France
• 1993 Dr Martin Ritzèn, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1994 Dr Maguelone Forest, Lyon, France
• 1995 Dr Pierre Sizonenko, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1996 Dr Niels Skakkebaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1997 Dr Walter Teller Ulm, Germany
• 1998 Dr Hans Åkerblom, Helsinki, Finland
• 1999 Dr Zvi Laron, Petah Tikva, Israel
• 2000 Dr Charles Brook, London, UK
• 2001 Dr Paul Czernichow Paris, France
• 2002 Dr Jean-Louis Chaussain, Paris, France
• 2003 Dr Michael Ranke, Tübingen, Germany
• 2004 Dr Stephen Shalet, Manchester, UK
• 2005 Dr Wolfgang G Sippell, Kiel, Germany
• 2006 Dr Ieuan Hughes, Cambridge, UK
• 2007 Dr Martin Savage, London, UK
• 2008 Dr Stenvert Drop, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2009 Dr Jan Maarten Wit, Leiden, The Netherlands
• 2010 Dr Ze'ev Hochberg, Haifa, Israel
• 2011 Dr Charles Sultan, Montpellier, France