Awards
GARDNER LECTURESHIP
Recognizes and honors scientists with an international reputation
| The Gardner Lectureship was established in 1995 with a generous bequest in the Will of the late Professor Phillip Gardner, who established the European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, one of predecessors of the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV). The bequest was to endow an Annual Lectureship to be given by an eminent virologist, preferably but not essentially, with a central interest and practical experience in the field of diagnostic or clinical virology. |
Winners of the Gardner Lectureship Award |
| Year | Award winner | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hans Hellmuth Hirsch | Transplantation and Clinical Virology, University of Basel. Switzerland |
| 2023 | Charles Chiu | University of California, USA |
| 2022 | Johan Neyts | Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Belgium |
| 2021 | Sarah Gilbert |
Saïd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK |
| 2020 | Marion Koopmans | Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2019 | Ian Goodfellow | Department of Pathology. University of Cambridge, UK |
| 2018 | Anna Papa | Department of Microbiology in the Medical School of Aristotle. Universisity of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2017 | Antonio Lanzavecchia | Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switserland |
| 2016 | Christian Drosten | University Hospital, Bonn, Germany |
| 2015 | Peter Simmonds | Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 2014 | Angela Caliendo | Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA |
| 2013 | Paul Duprex | Boston University, Boston, USA |
| 2012 | Linfa Wang | Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| 2011 | Mark Pallansch | Division of Viral Diseases, Centers of Disease Control and Prev, USA |
| 2010 | Yoshihiro Kawaoka | University of Wisconsin-School of veterinary Medicine, USA |
| 2009 | Richard Tedder | Blood Borne Virus Unit, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Mary Estes | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA |
| 2007 | Ralf Bartenschlager | University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2006 | Guy Boivin | University of Quebec, Canada |
| 2005 | Britta Warren | Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2004 | Malik Peiris | Hong Kong |
| 2003 | Robert Swanepoel | Republic of South Africa |
| 2002 | Ab Osterhaus | Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2001 | Lam Sai Kit | Inst Pengurusan Penyelidikan Perundingan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2000 | Guiseppe Gerna | IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, Italy |
| 1999 | Jehangir E. Banatvala | King’s College, London, United Kingdom |
| 1998 | Thomas F. Smith | Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, USA |
| 1997 | Marc van Regenmortel | CNRS, Strasbourg, France |
| 1996 | Ken McIntosh | Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
GARDNER LECTURESHIP GUIDELINES |
The Gardner Lectureship recognizes and honors scientists with an international reputation that will be invited to give a lecture at the ESCV Annual Meeting. The Gardner lecture should focus on a topic that is currently or will be relevant to clinical virologists. While it should emphasize diagnostic applications, it may also include basic science if it is likely to have practical implications in the future.
The Gardner Lectureship is not exclusive to European scientists. Researchers from any laboratory in the world are elegible for nomination. Nominations for the Gardner Lectureship can be made by any of the ESCV Council members and should be sent to the ESCV Secretary (secretariat.escv@kenesgroup.com) by the 31st of January. Nominations should include biographical statements and citations highlighting the work of the nominees.
The Executive Sub–Committee of Nominations and Awards will recommend a preferred candidate, or a choice of two names, to the ESCV Executive Board for ratification. Once a decision is ratified, the President of ESCV will invite the nominee to give the Lectureship at the next ESCV Annual Meeting. The Gardner Lecturer will be encouraged to be present for the whole Meeting to facilitate exchange with other scientists.
The Gardner Lecturer will receive a Certificate to commemorate the event. In addition, the registration fee to the ESCV Annual Meeting will be waived, and the awardee will be invited as a guest to the Society Dinner of the Meeting. Travel expenses (standard airfare or train ticket plus hotel) will be reimbursed.
The list of Gardner Lecturers is annualy updated and maintained on the ESCV website.