The Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases was established in 1988 and is sponsored by the

American Academy of Neurology The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional society representing over 38,000 neurologists and neuroscientists. As a medical specialty society it was established in 1948 by A.B. Baker of the University of Minnesota to advance the ...

. The prize is funded through the philanthropy of the Potamkin Foundation. The prize is awarded for achievements on emerging areas of research in

Pick's disease Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or frontotemporal degeneration disease, or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving the progressive degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes. FTDs broadly present as ...

, Alzheimer's disease and other

dementia Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe ...

s. The award includes a medallion, $100,000 prize, and a 20-minute

lecture A lecture (from Latin ''lēctūra'' “reading” ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical infor ...

at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting. The prize is named after Luba Potamkin (wife of

Victor Potamkin Victor Potamkin (July 2, 1911 – June 5, 1995) was an American businessman and car dealership owner known for deep discounting and aggressive advertising.Pick's disease Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or frontotemporal degeneration disease, or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving the progressive degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes. FTDs broadly present as ...

, a form of frontotemporal dementia. A website dedicated to the Potamkin Prize was launched in 2020 and included background on the prize, biographies of past winners, and information about applying or being nominated.

Awards

Source (to 2017)
American Academy of Neurology
* 2021:

Kenneth Kosik Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D. is an American neurologist, author, researcher and professor in neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Recent contributions includes a significant discovery in understanding the way human embryonic s ...

, Giovanna Mallucci * 2020: J. Paul Taylor * 2019: Randall J. Bateman * 2018: David Bennett * 2017:

Claudia Kawas Claudia H. Kawas is an American neurologist. As the Al and Trish Nichols Chair in clinical neurology at the University of California, Irvine, Kawas established the Leisure World Cohort Study to monitor the health and well-being of people 90 and ol ...

, Kristine Yaffe * 2016:

Rosa Rademakers Rosa Rademakers, Ph.D., is a neurogeneticist and professor within the Department of Neuroscience at the Mayo Clinic. Her research centers on the genetic basis of neurodegenerative diseases, such as identifying causal genes and their function, expl ...

, Bryan J. Traynor * 2015: Peter Davies, * 2014: * 2013: , , * 2012: * 2011: , , Eva-Maria Mandelkow * 2010: , * 2009: , , * 2008: , William E. Klunk, and Chester A. Mathis * 2007: * 2006: Karen Ashe, Karen Duff, and Bradley Hyman * 2005: , and * 2004: , * 2003: David M. Holtzman, * 2002:

Christian Haass Christian Haass (born 19 December 1960 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German biochemist who specializes in metabolic biochemistry and neuroscience. Haass studied biology in Heidelberg from 1981 to 1985. From 1990 on he was a postdoctoral fellow in ...

, Bart De Strooper * 2001: * 2000: Maria Grazia Spillantini, * 1999: , , * 1998: Michel Goedert, Virginia M.-Y. Lee, John Q. Trojanowski * 1997: , , * 1996: Rudolph Tanzi, Peter St. George-Hyslop * 1995: ,

Khalid Iqbal Khalid Iqbal (23 June 1929 19 June 2014) was a Pakistani painter, art teacher and professor emeritus, appears known for landscape paintings as well as his natural forms paintings and portraits of Punjab, Pakistan. The recipient of national ...

, * 1994: , Gerard D. Schellenberg * 1993: , Alison Goate, John Hardy, Christine Van Broeckhoven * 1992: Donald L. Price, * 1991: Stanley B. Prusiner * 1990: Colin L. Masters, Konrad Beyreuther * 1989: Dennis Selkoe, George G. Glenner * 1988:

References

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Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases
{{sci-award-stub Potamkin Prize Neuroscience awards Awards established in 1988 American science and technology awards

Awards

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