Kaplan Award
Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease
The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement recognizes an individual(s) whose seminal scientific work constitutes tangible achievement toward improving knowledge and treatment of PKD. More than one prize may be awarded, and it may be awarded to residents of any country without restriction.
Award-winner 2021
Kyongtae (Ty) Bae, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Associate Dean of Clinical Imaging Research, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Bae is a physician scientist who has worked in the PKD field for over 20 years. He is a radiologist by training, and currently served as the Associate Dean of Clinical Imaging Research at the University of Pittsburgh. He’s been involved in applying quantitative and physiologic imaging and computer technology including contrast medium pharmacokinetics, computer-aided diagnosis, and artificial intelligence to advance translational and imaging biomarker research in a wide range of diseases, including ADPKD. Dr. Bae has published over 670 publications including 265 peer-reviewed papers, many of which are related to PKD research. With NIH and DoD funding over 20 years, while serving as the PI and Chief Radiologist for the CRISP and TAME studies and Chief Radiologist for the HALT and TEMPO studies, he led efforts to develop robust imaging biomarkers for PKD.
Nominations for 2022
Nominations for the 2022 award are due August 27, 2021.
Award presentation to be held at: ISN WCN 2022, February 24–27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nomination requirements:
- Your details: complete name, ISN membership number, and contact information
- Nominee details: complete name (as listed in publications) and contact information
- Support statement: a description of how and why the nominee’s work represents a major advance in basic or clinical understanding of PKD, distinguishing those aspects which clearly set it apart from the work of others in the field, and a summary of the nominee’s contributions
- Full curriculum vitae and bibliography of the nominee
- Letters of support: at least two
All nominations and supporting materials are to be sent via email to Jo-Ann Donner at jdonner@theisn.org.
Winners are selected by the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize Advisory Committee: Committee Chair Dr. Nathan Levin, two committee members selected by the PKD Foundation, and two ISN members.
Past award recipients
2020
Arlene Chapman, M.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago
2019
York Pei, M.D.
University of Toronto
Canada
Bradley Yoder, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.
2017
Ronald D. Perrone, M.D.
Tufts Medical Center
Boston
David R. Beier, M.D., Ph.D.
Seattle Children’s Research
Seattle
2015
Peter Igarashi, M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis
Gregory J. Pazour, Ph.D.
University of Massachussetts Medical School
Worcester, Mass.
2013
Vincent Gattone, Ph.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
Dorien Peters, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, Netherlands
2011
Gerd Walz, M.D.
Freiburg Medical Center
Germany
James Calvet, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kan.
2009
Lisa Guay-Woodford, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.
Corinne Antignac, M.D., Ph.D.
Necker Hospital
Paris
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Boston
2007
Jing Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical Center
Boston
Vicente Torres, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.
2005
Greg Germino, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
Stefan Somlo, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Conn.
2003
Jared J. Grantham, M.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kan.
Peter Harris, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.
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