The LE&RN-GRC Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards in Lymphatic Research are presented at the biennial Gordon Research Conference, Lymphatics.

The LE&RN-GRC Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards in Lymphatic Research are intended to recognize those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the promotion and support of lymphatic research, to advancing lymphatic research and/or finding improved treatments and cures for lymphatic diseases (LD), lymphedema (LE), lipedema (LI), and related diseases.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has had a lifetime of outstanding achievements in the field of lymphatics and who must have a career spanning over 20 years.

The Career Achievement Award is presented to an individual with a career 20 years or fewer and who has demonstrated significant achievements in the field.

Past Awardees:

2024 - Miikka Vikkula, MD, PhD - Lifetime Achievement Award
2024 - Brandon Dixon, PhD - Career Achievement Award

2022 - Michael Davis, PhD - Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 - Natasha Harvey, PhD - Career Achievement Award

2020 - Michael Detmar, MD - Lifetime Award
2020 - Taija Makinen, PhD, and Tatiana Petrova, PhD - Career Achievement Awards

2018 - Peter Mortimer, MD - Lifetime Award
2018 - Pia Ostergaard, PhD - Career Achievement Award

2016 - Karina Yaniv, PhD, Melody Swartz, PhD
2014 - Heather Ferguson, H. Eser Tolunay, PhD
2012 - Kari Alitalo, MD, PhD
2010 - Dave Zawieja, PhD
2008 - Guillermo Oliver, PhD
2006 - Waldemar Olszewski, MD
2004 - Stanley Rockson, MD
2002 - Stephen Goldman, PhD, Henry Chang, MD