IOF Medal of Achievement
In 2006 IOF introduced a prestigious new award, the IOF Medal of Achievement, to honor individual researchers who have significantly advanced the field of osteoporosis through their original and outstanding scientific contributions.
The award underlines important aspects of IOF’s mission – to increase understanding and awareness of osteoporosis and to promote medical innovation and improved care. The IOF Medal of Achievement, which includes CHF 1500 in prize money, will be presented every year in rotation during the IOF-ECCEO congress or IOF Regionals.
Winner of 2010 Medal of Achievement
John A. Kanis was awarded the 2010 Medal of Achievement at a ceremony held during the World Congress on Osteoporosis in Florence, Italy. In presenting the Award, IOF Chair of Scientific Advisor, Cyrus Cooper, said, "John Kanis' long-standing and distinguished career has significantly advanced the field of osteoporosis research. He has published widely on disorders of skeletal metabolism, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, hyperparathyroidism, renal osteodystrophy and neoplasia. Above all, his outstanding contributions to guideline development, health technology assessment, epidemiology, health economics, and the creation of risk assessment algorithms, have provided valuable new insights and enabled the development of landmark diagnostic and management tools. “ Professor Kanis is a founding member and current President of the IOF as well as editor of Osteoporosis International. He is currently Emeritus Professor in Human Metabolism and the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases at the University of Sheffield. Author of more than 800 papers, chapters and books on bone disease and metabolism, Professor Kanis has received numerous awards and honours, including the ASBMR Bartter Award for Clinical Science, the John B. Johnson Award of the Paget Disease Foundation (USA), and a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
Winner of 2008 IOF Medal of Achievement
The 2008 IOF Medal of Achievement was awarded to Professor Ego Seeman, IOF Board member and leading scientist and educator in the field of osteoporosis. Due to the cancellation of the IOF World Congress in Bangkok in December 2008, the award ceremony was deferred to the Joint ISCD-IOF meeting held from March 11-14, 2009 in Orlando, Florida.
IOF President Professor John Kanis presented the award, stating,” Ego Seeman is among the most respected thought-leaders in the field of osteoporosis research, and is renowned as both a scientist and as an educator, scientific editor and speaker.” A Professor of Medicine and Endocrinologist at the Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Ego Seeman is Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Bone Mineral Society, Board member of the IOF, IBMS and Osteoporosis Australia. Professor Seeman has been instrumental in organizing many conferences in Australia and Asia and has actively promoted educational exchange in the region through scientific meetings. He is the author of some 270 publications and 22 book chapters, and is editor of Progress in Osteoporosis, Clinical Editor of Bone-Key and Associate Editor of Osteoporosis International. He has contributed to studies of the definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis in women, men, corticosteroid-related disease, genetics, studies of skeletal growth, racial differences in skeletal structure, role of exercise, and risk factors for osteoporosis, as well as studies of structural diversity in determining bone strength. For his work Professor Seeman was awarded the 2002 American Society of Bone Mineral Research Fred C. Bartter Award.
Winner of First IOF Medal of Achievement (June 2006)
Professor Pierre Delmas, from Lyon, France, received the prestigious award which was presented during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Toronto, Canada in June 2006.
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| Pierre D. Delmas (right) receives award from CSA Chair René Rizzoli (center) and IOF CEO Daniel Navid. |
Pierre D. Delmas is Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France. As Director of the INSERM Research Unit on Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis at the Edouard Herriot Hospital of Lyon, he manages basic and clinical research programs in the field of metabolic bone diseases, with a special focus on osteoporosis. He has authored over 600 articles in international scientific publications and is an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Osteoporosis International. Since the inception of IOF in 1998, Professor Delmas has served as the President, and a Board member, and is actively involved in the development of international educational programs on osteoporosis.
