Awards Recognized by the International Society for Aerosol Medicine (ISAM)
ISAM - The International Society for Aerosols in Medicine
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With the following awards, ISAM fosters and encourages promising new researchers, and recognizes eminent, long-standing career achievements within these areas of interest through a generous awards program. All of these are awarded to recognise and celebrate
excellence in aerosol science. The following award list provides a guidance on eligibility criteria for the awards and the nomination required.
Career Achievement Award
The Career Achievement Award is presented to a senior investigator whose body of work demonstrates a lifetime of outstanding achievement in aerosol science. The nomination should clearly describe the role that the individual's
work has played in advancing the field of aerosols in medicine.
Thomas T. Mercer Award
The Thomas T. Mercer Award, jointly sponsored by ISAM and AAAR, is based on the achievement of excellence in the field of medicinal aerosols and inhalable materials. No other qualifications are required of the recipient.
Any member of ISAM or AAAR may make nominations. Membership in either ISAM or AAAR is not required of the nominee.
Young Investigator Award
The Young Investigator Award is given to a scientist who will not be older than 40 years of age by the date of the award ceremony during the bi-annual ISAM Conference and who has made significant contributions to the
field of aerosols in medicine. The nomination should summarize the contributions of the candidate to the field. The nominee must be a member of ISAM.
Ted Martonen Student Research Award
The Student Research Award is given to an investigator who is currently a full-time student enrolled in an MD, PhD, or master’s program and has demonstrated outstanding independent research in the field of aerosols.
Willi Stahlhofen Award
The Willi Stahlhofen Award is for a scientists or team of scientists which have published their outstanding experimental research in the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery.
Winfried Moller Research Award
The Winfried Möller Research Award is facilitated by the AtemWeg Foundation and given to truely multidisciplinary investigators, working at the interface between medicine, aerosol science, and biophysics. This award
was presented 2018 in memory of Winfried Möller.
Jurai Ferrin Award
The Juraj Ferin Award is given to members of the society for their outstanding contribution to the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine.
Fellow of ISAM
The Fellow of ISAM award recognizes the achievements, commitment and contributions to the Society as well as outstanding contributions in the field of aerosols in medicine. Individuals who have been ISAM member for
more than 10 years in a row are eligible to apply. The Board can nominate fellows and ISAM members can propose names.
Submit Your Nominations
Career Achievment: For nomination of Career Achievement, Thomas T. Mercer and Young Investigator Awards at least two supporting letters, and a current curriculum vita for the nominee need to
be submitted to ISAM.
Student Research Award: For the Student Research Award, a letter of nomination with an abstract of the nominee's research from the nominee's academic supervisor is required, along with a brief
statement from the nominee describing their contributions to aerosol medicine and their CV.
Fellow of ISAM: For the Fellow of ISAM your application (self-nomination or nomination) must include a letter including contributions to ISAM and to the field and a resume with publication
list. The documents should be sent to the ISAM Awards Committee. Fellows will receive a certificate and are highlighted on the ISAM website and at the ISAM conference.
Stay tuned for our next award call for the 2027 award cycle
Chronology of Awardees
Career Achievement Award
1988 Paul E. Morrow, Ph.D., USA
1991 Willi Stahlhofen, Ph.D., Germany
1993 Heinrich Matthys, M.D., Germany
1995 Jurai Ferin, Ph.D., USA
1997 Yoshinubo Sato, M.D., Ph.D., Japan
2001 Joachim Heyder, Ph.D., Germany
2003 Peter Gehr, Ph.D., Switzerland
2005 Michael T. Newhouse, M.D., Canada
2007 Gerald Smaldone, M.D., Ph.D., USA
2009 Myrna Dolovich, Hamilton, Ontario
2011 Bruce Montgomery, M.D.,USA
2013 Günter Oberdörster, D.V.M., Ph.D., USA
2015 Wolfgang Kreyling, Ph.D., Germany
2017 Warren H. Finlay, Ph.D., Canada
2019 Andy Clark, Ph.D., USA
2021 Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Ph.D., Switzerland
2023 Kim Chan, Ph.D., Australia
2025 Jeffry Weers, Ph.D., USA
Thomas T. Mercer Award (jointly sponsored with AAAR)
1995 Paul E. Morrow, Ph.D., USA
1996 Joseph D. Brain, Sc.D., USA
1997 Roger O. McClellan, D.V.M., USA
1998 Werner Stöber, Germany
1999 Willi Stahlhofen, Ph.D., Germany
2000 Abdellaziz Ben-Jebria, Ph.D. USA
2001 C. Arden Pope III, Ph.D., USA
2002 Ron Wolff, Ph.D., USA
2003 Günter Oberdörster, D.V.M., Ph.D., USA
2004 Igor Gonda, Ph.D., Australia
2005 Andrew R. Clark, Ph.D., USA
2006 Myrna B. Dolovich, P. Eng., Canada
2007 Steve Newman, Ph.D., UK
2008 Warren Finlay, Ph.D., Canada
2009 Dieter Koehler, M.D. Germany
2010 Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Ph.D. Germany
2011 Yung Sung Cheng, Ph.D. USA
2012 Peter Gehr, Ph.D., Switzerland
2013 Mark Utell, M.D., USA
2014 Mark Hoover, Ph.D., USA
2015 Omar Usmani, MB ChB, Ph.D., UK
2016 Joe Mauderly, D.V.M., USA
2017 Anthony J. Hickey, Ph.D., USA
2018 Chong S. Kim, Ph.D., USA
2019 Jack Harkema, D.V.M., Ph.D., USA
2020 Mark Frampton, Dr., MD, USA
2021 Robert F. Phalen, Ph.D., USA
2022 David Cipolla, Ph.D., USA
2023 Chantal Darquenne, Ph.D., USA
2025 Justin Hanes, Ph.D., USA
Willi Stahlhofen Award
2015 William Bennett Ph.D., USA
2017 Rui Carlos Sá, Ph.D., USA
2019 Peter LeWitt, M.D., MMSc, USA
2021 Beth L. Laube, Ph.D, USA
2023 Conor Ruzycki, Ph.D, USA
2025 Jens Hohlfeld, Ph.D, Germany
Young Investigator Award
1993 Andrew R. Clark, Ph.D., USA
1995 Kevin E. Driscoll, Ph.D., USA
1997 Magnus Svartengren, M.D., Sweden
1999 Patrice Diot, M.D., France
2001 Warren Finlay, Ph.D., Canada
2003 James S. Brown, Ph.D., USA
2005 Sunalene Devadason, Ph.D., Australia
2007 Tim Corcoran, Ph.D., USA
2009 Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Ph.D. Bern, Switzerland
2011 Laurent Vecellio, Ph.D., France
2013 Andrew Martin, Ph.D., USA
2015 Josue Sznitman Ph.D., Israel
2017 Qi (Tony) Zhou, Ph.D., USA
2019 Laleh Golshahi, Ph.D., USA
2021 Jie Li, Ph.D., USA
2023 Hui Xing Ong, Ph.D., Australia
2025 Jessica Oakes, Ph.D., USA and Brandon Banaschewski, Ph.D. USA
Juraj Ferin Award
1999 Werner Hofmann, Ph.D., Austria
2001 Helger Hauck, Ph.D., Austria
2003 Gerald Smaldone, M.D., Ph.D., USA
2005 Peter Gehr, Ph.D., Switzerland
2007 Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Ph.D., Germany
2009 Gunter Oberdörster, Ph.D., USA
2011 Beth Laube, Ph.D., USA
2013 Patrice Diot, M.D., France
2015 Theresa Sweeney, Ph.D., USA
2017 Gerhard Scheuch, Ph.D., Germany
2019 Bill Bennett, Ph.D., USA
2021 Sunalene Devadason, Ph.D., Australia
2023 Sabine Häussermann, Ph.D., Germany
2025 Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Ph.D., Switzerland
