Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research

The Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research was an annual award given to physicians who contributed important advances to the field of pediatrics, and was the only existing international pediatric award. The prize was created in 2002 by Irene and Abe Pollin, and funded by the Linda and Kenneth Pollin Foundation. It was administered by the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and as of 2003, Dr. Rudolph Leibel was chairman of the selection panel.[1][2]

The prize is no longer awarded.

Recipients

• 2010 – Roscoe O. Brady [3] and Charles R. Scriver [4]
• 2009 – Basil S. Hetzel [5]
• 2008 – John Allen Clements [5]
• 2007 – Samuel L. Katz[2][6]
• 2006 – No award [5]
• 2005 – Eric N. Olson, Abraham Rudolph[7]
• 2004 – Alfred Sommer[8]
• 2003 – Emil Frei, Emil J. Freireich, Donald Pinkel, Maharaj Kishan Bhan, and James F. Holland[1]
• 2002 – Dilip Mahalanabis, Norbert Hirschhorn, David Nalin, and Nathaniel F. Pierce[9][10]

See also

• List of medicine awards

References

1. "Four Physicians Honored for Their Historic Contributions to the Treatment of Pediatric Leukemia - New York Presbyterian Hospital". 2003-12-19. Retrieved 2009-03-14. The 2003 Pollin Prize, the sole international award for advances in children's health care, is awarded to Drs. Emil Frei, Emil J. Freireich, Donald Pinkel, and James F. Holland. An awards ceremony takes place today at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
2. "Pollin Prize Awarded To Dr. Samuel L. Katz For His Role In Developing Measles Vaccine". Medical News Today. 2007-04-13. Retrieved 2009-03-14. Dr. Samuel L. Katz is the recipient of the 2007 Pollin Prize in recognition of his contributions to pediatric infectious disease research and vaccine development, especially his instrumental role in the development and application of the measles vaccine
3. "Pollin Pediatric Research Prize Awarded for Discovering Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Genetic Diseases". NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Awards and recognition". Montreal Children's Hospital. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
5. "Pollin Prize". NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
6. Astigarraga, Carolina (2007-04-20). "Prof honored for measles vaccine". Retrieved 2018-12-04. For this and many other accomplishments, Katz was recently awarded the 2007 Pollin Prize in a weekend-long celebration at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
7. Miller, Robert (2005-12-14). "Robert Miller column". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2009-03-14. Dr. Eric Olson, chairman of molecular biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, has won the fourth annual Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research, a lifetime achievement award for contributions to biomedical or public health research.
8. "Hopkins doctor tapped for prestigious Pollin Prize". Baltimore Business Journal. 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2009-03-14. Dr. Alfred Sommer, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will receive a $100,000 research award, Hopkins said Tuesday. The Pollin Prize, which recognizes...
9. "NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Announces First Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research Recognizing Developers of Revolutionary Oral Rehydration Therapy; 'Most Important Medical Discovery of 20th Century'" (Press release). 2002-11-13. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
10. "Dr Dillip Mahalanabis gets Pollin Prize for ORT". Archived from the original on 2003-01-09. Retrieved 2009-03-14. Indian public health expert Dr Dillip Mahalanabis shares the first Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research with three American counterparts for the discovery of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), dubbed the most important medical discovery of the 20th century