Since 1980, AOTA has awarded two prizes to distinguished scientists in the field of clinical or basic thyroid research who did his or her work in the Asia and Oceania region. At the beginning the Mallinckrodt Prize and the Otsuka Prize were given. (The Mallinckrodt Prize was later replaced by the Daiichi Prize when the sponsorship changed from Mallinckrodt Co. to Daiichi Radioisotope Laboratories Ltd. In 2005 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. withdrew the sponsorship and the prize name was changed to the AOTA Prize through the support of the AOTA office.)<\/p>\n
Traditionally, one prize was given to a Japanese and the other to a non-Japanese thyroidologist (Otsuka and Mallinckrodt Prizes, alternatingly). Thus, in 1980, the Otsuka Prize was given to a Japanese (Y. Shishiba of Tokyo, Japan) and the Mallinckrodt Prize to an Australian (D. Adams of Otago, Australia). Then in 1982, the Otsuka Prize was given to an Australian (C. Eastman of Sydney, Australia)) and Mallinckrodt Prize to a Japanese (S. Nagataki of Nagasaki, Japan). This was the set-up followed even when the prize sponsorships subsequently changed.<\/p>\n
In 2007 the Nagataki Prize was established as the successor of the AOTA Prize. The Nagataki Prize is sponsored by Dr. Shigenobu Nagataki and his colleagues at the Nagasaki University School of Medicine to be given to a non-Japanese thyroidologist who meets criteria published in the AOTA website. In 2009, the FUJIFILM Prize was established in place of the Daiichi Prize. Both the Daiichi\/ FUJIFILM Prize and the Nagataki Prize are given during the International Thyroid Congress (ITC) or AOTA meetings. In these meetings, the recipients deliver their Prize Lectures and receive plaques of appreciation and US$2,000 each. In the 14th ITC in Paris, France, the ITC Program Organizing Committee recommended to have only one Prize Lecture delivered from each of the four Sister Societies (ATA, ETA, LATS & AOTA). Thus, the FUJIFILM & Nagataki Prizes were combined into a single lectureship, regardless of the recipient\u2019s nationality.<\/p>\n
Mallickrodt Prize (1980-1986)
\nOtsuka Prize (1980-2003)
\nDiichi Prize (1989-2007)
\nAOTA Prize (2005)
\nNagataki Prize (From 2007)
\nFIJIFILM Prize (From 2009)<\/p>\n
| 1980<\/td>\n | Dr. D. Adams\u00a0(Otago, Australia)<\/td>\n | The pathogenesis of Graves\u2019 disease<\/td>\n | 1980 at the 8th International Thyroid Congress in Sydney, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982<\/td>\n | Dr. S. Nagataki\u00a0(Nagasaki, Japan)<\/td>\n | Pathogenic factors of Graves\u2019 disease<\/td>\n | 1982 at the 2nd Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Tokyo, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985<\/td>\n | Dr. B.S. Hetzel\u00a0(Adelaide, Australia)<\/td>\n | Iodine deficiency, the thyroid, and the brain<\/td>\n | 1985 at the 9th International Thyroid Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986<\/td>\n | Dr. J. Konishi\u00a0(Kyoto, Japan)<\/td>\n | Role of thyrotropin-receptor antibodies in primary hypothyroidism<\/td>\n | 1986 at the 3rd Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Bangkok, Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989<\/td>\n | Dr. R.T.T. Young\u00a0(Hong Kong)<\/td>\n | Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis revisited<\/td>\n | 1989 at the 4th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Seoul, Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991<\/td>\n | Dr. T. Onaya\u00a0(Yamanashi, Japan)<\/td>\n | Thyrotropin-inducible genes in experimental hyperplasia and neoplasia<\/td>\n | 1991 at the 10th International Thyroid Congress in The Hague, Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993<\/td>\n | Dr. B.Y. Cho\u00a0(Seoul, Korea)<\/td>\n | Thyroid stimulation-blocking antibody and autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis<\/td>\n | 1993 at the 5th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Sydney, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995<\/td>\n | Dr. Y. Kondo\u00a0(Maebashi, Japan)<\/td>\n | G-protein-mediated mechanisms of the modulation of signal transduction pathways in thyroid cells<\/td>\n | 1995 at the 11th International Thyroid Congress in Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997<\/td>\n | Dr. S. C. Boyages\u00a0(Sydney, Australia)<\/td>\n | Iodine deficiency and brain<\/td>\n | 1997 at the 6th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Osaka, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000<\/td>\n | Dr. Hisao Seo\u00a0(Nagoya, Japan)<\/td>\n | Redox regulation of thyroid transcription factors<\/td>\n | 2000 at the 12th International Thyroid Congress in Kyoto, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003<\/td>\n | Dr. Bruce G. Robinson\u00a0(Sydney, Australia)<\/td>\n | Molecular determinants of thyroid cancer phenotype<\/td>\n | 2003 at the 7th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005<\/td>\n | Dr. Masatomo Mori\u00a0(Maebashi, Japan)<\/td>\n | Thyroid hormone receptor as a nuclear transcription factor; clinical implications<\/td>\n | 2005 at the 13th International Thyroid Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007<\/td>\n | Dr. Hirotoshi Nakamura\u00a0(Hamamatsu, Japan)<\/td>\n | Negative regulation of TSH genes by the thyroid hormone & its receptors<\/td>\n | 2007 at the 8th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Manila, Philippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009<\/td>\n | Dr. Masanobu Yamada\u00a0(\u2026\u2026\u2026., Japan)<\/td>\n | The pathology and management of central hypothyroidism<\/td>\n | 2009 at the 9th Congress of the Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association in Nagoya, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe NAGATAKI\u2013FUJIFILM Prize<\/h1>\nThis prize is awarded to a distinguished scientist working in the Asia & Oceania region, regardless of nationality, and who has been contributing to basic or clinical thyroidology. There are no age limits for the recipient of the combined Prize. The NAGATAKI-FUJIFILM Prize has been awarded since 2010.<\/p>\n Nominations for this Prize are received by the AOTA Secretariat through elected AOTA Council Members. Nominees are vetted according to specified criteria as follows:
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