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 40,000 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 a ...

. 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), also called frontotemporal degeneration disease or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving the progressive degeneration of the brain's frontal and temporal lobes. Men ...

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...

and other

dementia Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform activities of daily living, everyday activities. This typically invo ...

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

lecture A lecture (from ) 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 information, history, background, theo ...

at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting. The prize is named after Luba Potamkin (wife of Victor Potamkin) who, in 1978, was diagnosed with a form of dementia which was identified as

, a form of

frontotemporal dementia Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), also called frontotemporal degeneration disease or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving the progressive degeneration of the brain's frontal lobe, frontal and tempor ...

. 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):

* 2024: Francisco Lopera * 2023: Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini * 2021:

Vladimir Hachinski Vladimir Hachinski is a Canadian clinical neuroscientist and researcher based at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. He is also a Senior Scientist at London's Robarts Research Institute. His research pertains in ...

* 2021:

Kenneth Kosik Kenneth S. Kosik 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 stem cel ...

, Giovanna Mallucci * 2020: J. Paul Taylor * 2019: * 2018: David Bennett * 2017: Claudia Kawas, Kristine Yaffe * 2016: Rosa Rademakers, Bryan J. Traynor * 2015: Peter Davies, Reisa Sperling * 2014: * 2013: , , * 2012: * 2011: , , Eva-Maria Mandelkow * 2010: , * 2009: , , * 2008: , William E. Klunk, and Chester A. Mathis * 2007: * 2006:

Karen Ashe Karen K. Hsiao Ashe is a professor at the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School, where she holds the Edmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in Neurology and Neuroscience. She is the fo ...

Karen Duff Karen Elizabeth Keitley Duff (born 1965) is a British scientist known for her work on Alzheimer's disease. Her most notable work focused on the development and characterization of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease amyloid deposition. She became ...

, and

Bradley Hyman Bradley Theodore Hyman is currently John B. Penney, Jr. Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Massachusetts Alzheimer Disease Research Center and Memory Disorder Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was educate ...

* 2005: , and * 2004: , * 2003: David M. Holtzman, * 2002: Christian Haass, Bart De Strooper * 2001: * 2000: Maria Grazia Spillantini, * 1999: , , * 1998: Michel Goedert, Virginia M.-Y. Lee,

John Q. Trojanowski John Quinn Trojanowski (December 17, 1946 – February 8, 2022) was an American academic research neuroscientist specializing in neurodegeneration. He and his partner, Virginia Man-Yee Lee, MBA, Ph.D., are noted for identifying the roles of three ...

* 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 Christine Van Broeckhoven (born 9 April 1953) is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor in Molecular genetics at the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium). She is also leading the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwe ...

* 1992: Donald L. Price, * 1991: Stanley B. Prusiner * 1990: Colin L. Masters, Konrad Beyreuther * 1989: Dennis Selkoe, George G. Glenner * 1988:

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Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases
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