Awards for SSSD 2024
SSSD Young Investigator Award and Outstanding Presentation Awards
The SSSD Young Investigator Award is given to a young investigator who has published an important paper within the field of experimental or clinical diabetes research. The Young Investigator Award (10 000 Norwegian kroner) will be awarded at the meeting in Oulu in May 2024. The criteria are:
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The candidate for the award should be 35 years or younger by December 31, 2023.
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The paper should have been published during 2023. The candidate should be the first author of the paper, and should be affiliated to a Nordic institution.
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An application for the award sent by the candidate, including date of birth, should be sent together with a pdf copy of the paper electronically to the Chair of the SSSD Bjørn Olav Åsvold, bjorn.o.asvold@ntnu.no, no later than January 15, 2024.
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The award winner will be notified by February 15, 2024. The award is contingent upon the awardee presenting her/his paper during a 15-minute presentation at the annual SSSD meeting in Oulu in May 2024. Travel and meeting expenses will be covered separately.
At the SSSD meeting in Oulu, we will also award two SSSD Outstanding Presentation Awards (5000 Norwegian kroner each) to the best abstract presentations at the SSSD meeting.
The Knud Lundbæk Award
All members of the Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes (SSSD) can nominate prize winners.
Eligible to receive the prize are researchers who have provided important contributions within the field of experimental or clinical diabetes research. The main part of the research to be evaluated should have been performed in the Nordic countries. The prize winner will be selected by the members of the board of the SSSD.
Nominations should be sent electronically to Bjørn Olav Åsvold, bjorn.o.asvold@ntnu.no, to arrive not later than December 15, 2023. Nominations should include name and address of the suggested prize winner, a short CV with publication list, name of the nominating person and arguments for the choice.
The prize winner will deliver the Knud Lundbæk lecture at the SSSD meeting in Oulu in May 2024. The prize includes 20 000 Norwegian kroner as well as travel and meeting expenses.
Previous recipients of the Knud Lundbæk Award:
1985 Ruth Østerby
1986 Carl-Erik Mogensen
1987 Arne Andersson
1988 Hans-Henrik Parving
1989 Niels Schwartz Sørensen
1990 Ulf J. Eriksson
1991 Torsten Deckert
1992 Marja-Riitta Taskinen
1993 Gisela Dahlqvist
1994 Kristian F. Hanssen
1995 Veikko Koivisto
1996 Stellan Sandler
1997 Henning Beck-Nielsen
1998 Markku Laakso
1999 Mikael Knip
2000 Oluf B. Pedersen
2001 Thomas Mandrup-Poulsen
2002 Leif Groop
2003 Oddmund Søvik
2004 Hans Ørskov
2005 Patrik Rorsman
2006 Jørn Nerup
2007 Allan Flyvbjerg
2008 Bo Ahrén
2009 Jens Juul Holst
2010 Pirjo Nuutila
2011 Juleen Zierath
2012 Allan Vaag
2013 Elisabeth Mathiesen
2014 Johnny Ludvigsson
2015 Erik Renström
2016 Per-Ola Carlsson
2017 Peter Rossing
2018 Valdemar Grill
2019 Torben Hansen
2020 Åke Lernmark
2022 Jaakko Tuomilehto
2023 Riitta Veijola
2024 Knut Dahl-Jørgensen
Knud Lundbæk Award 2024
Knut Dahl-Jørgensen received the Knud Lundbæk Award at the SSSD meeting in Oulu, here pictured with Chair of the SSSD Bjørn Olav Åsvold.
SSSD Young Investigator Award 2024
Lisbeth Liliendal Valbjørn Møller was awarded the SSSD Young Investigator Award.
The Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation's Johnny Ludvigsson Prize to a Young Swedish Scientist
Virginia Stone received the Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation's Johnny Ludvigsson Prize to a Young Swedish Scientist at the SSSD meeting in Oulu.
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD 2018
Daniel Espes, recipient of the 2018 Young Investigator Award at the SSSD meeting in Turku.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize 2017
Susanne Mandrup was awarded the 2017 Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture prize at the SSSD meeting in Nyborg. Here together with Laszlo Hegedüs from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize 2024
Hindrik Mulder was awarded the Novo Nordisk Foundation Lecture Prize 2024
The Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation's Johnny Ludvigsson Nordic Prize
Heikki Hyöty received the Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation's Johnny Ludvigsson Nordic Prize at the SSSD meeting in Oulu, here pictured with Johnny Ludvigsson.
SSSD Outstanding Presentation Awards
Samia Hamdan and Anna-Mari Schroderus received the Outstanding Presentation Awards at the SSSD meeting in Oulu. Here is Hamdan together with Kristian Karstoft and Esben Søndergaard from the board of the SSSD.
Knud Lundbæk Award 2018
Valdemar Grill, recipient of the 2018 Knud Lundbæk Award at the SSSD meeting in Turku pictured with Bjørn Olav Åsvold.
Knud Lundbæk Award 2017
Peter Rossing, recipient of the 2017 Knud Lundbæk Award SSSD meeting in Nyborg.
