Awards
HEINE-MEDIN AWARD
For young scientist with remarkable research in virology
| The Heine-Medin Award recognizes and honors scientific work that promotes our understanding of virus diseases. It was originally conceived in 1983 by the European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, one of the predecessors of the ESCV. Public institutions, universities, commercial companies, and individuals have contributed to this medal by donations. The medal is named after the German orthopedic surgeon Jacob Von Heine (1800-1879) and the Swedish pediatrician Oscar Medin (1847-1927). Both made significant contributions to the recognition of poliomyelitis as a disease and provided guidelines for its management. In the past, poliomyelitis has been referred to as the Heine-Medin disease. The Heine-Medin Award will be attributed annually to a young scientist with remarkable research in the field of virology. Only members of ESCV are eligible for the award. |
Winners of the Heine-Medin Award |
| Year | Award winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Emma Hodcroft, for her work in the field of viral phylogenetics | Switzerland |
| 2023 | Maria F Perdomo, for her work that promotes our understanding of viral diseases: Next Generation of Clinical Virology | Finland |
| 2022 | Victor Borges, for his work in genomics surveillance of influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2 and Mpox | Portugal |
| 2021 | Joana Rocha-Pereira, for the development of zebrafish model to study norovirus replication | Belgium |
| 2019 | Andrés Antón Pagarolas, for his work on respiratory virus surveillance | Spain |
| 2018 | Sander Herfst, for his work on the mechanisms that drive airborne transmissibility of respiratory viruses |
The Netherlands |
| 2017 | Delbue Serena, for her work on human endogenous retroviruses |
Italy |
| 2015 | Antonio Piralla, for his work on respiratory tract infections and picornaviruses | Italy |
| 2014 | Rogier Bodewes, for his work on influenza, in particular immunity and vaccination against Influenzavirus A | The Netherlands |
| 2013 | Felix Drexler, for his work on viral zoonosis, in particular coronaviruses | Germany |
| 2011 | Jolanda Smit, for her work on denguevirus particle maturation and consequences for immunological recognition | The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Lia van der Hoek, for her discovery of human coronavirus NL-63 | The Netherlands |
| 2006 | Ron Fouchier, for his work on virus discovery and genetic characterization of emerging viruses. | The Netherlands |
| 2005 | Friedemann Weber, for his work on virus-host interactions | Germany |
| 2004 | Marc van Ranst, for his outstanding research activities | Belgium |
| 2003 | Robert Thimme, for hiswork on viral and immunological determinants of hepatitis C viral disease and persistance | Germany |
| 2001 | Ali Harandi, for his work on the role of cytokines in innate and acquired immunity against genital herpes virus infections | Sweden |
| 2000 | Karen Brown and Neil Mabbott for elucidating the role of follicular dendritic cells in TSE pathogenesis | United Kingdom |
| 1997 | Fausto Badanti, for his work on CMV isolates from immunocompromised patients | Italy |
| 1995 | Sarka Nemeckova, for her research on VZV glycoproteins | Czech Republic |
| 1994 | Heikki Hyöty, for his research concerning the role of enterovirus infections in the pathogenesis of diabetis mellitis | Finland |
| 1991 | William Carman, for his work on hepatitis B virus subtypes | United Kingdom |
| 1989 | Albert Osterhaus, for identifying a new parainfluenza virus which caused an epidemic among European seals | The Netherlands |
| 1987 | Sigvard Olofsson, for his work on the pathogenesis of herpes virus infections | Sweden |
| 1985 | Mary Anderson, for her work on human parvovirus infections | United Kingdom |
Rules Heine-Medin Award |
- The Heine-Medin Award is attributed annually for contributions in the field of virology, including laboratory investigations, clinical studies, experimental studies or a combination thereof.
- Only members of the ESCV with less than 10 active years in virology after receiving a PhD or MD degree, are eligible as candidates for the Award. A member may receive the Award only once.
- Applications should include: i) a written statement outlining the candidate’s research contribution in the virology field (not more than one page of A4); ii) curriculum vitae (with date of birth) which should include a list of publications; iii) a recommendation letter from the supervisor/line manager; iii) the abstract to be submitted to the ESCV Annual Meeting.
- The application documents should be sent to the ESCV Secretary (secretariat.escv@kenesgroup.com) by the 31st of January in the year of the annual meeting where the award will be made.
- The Executive Sub–Committee of Nominations and Awards will make a recommendation for the Award to be ratified by the ESCV Executive Board. If a candidate has been selected, the Award will be presented at the ESCV Annual Meeting.
- The Award consists of a Certificate and a Medal. In addition, the awardee has the privilege to give an oral presentation at the ESCV Annual Meeting. At this meeting the registration fee will be waived, and the awardee is invited as a guest to the Society Dinner at the Meeting.
The list of Heine-Medin winners is annually updated and maintained on the ESCV website.