Odile Bain Memorial Prize (OBMP)
Closing date for nominations: 28th of February 2027
The Odile Bain Memorial Prize (OBMP) is awarded every two years by the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitoloty (WAAVP), in association with Parasites & Vectors and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, to perpetuate the memory of Odile Bain (28 April 1939 - 16 October 2012).
This award was established in recognition of Odile Bain's oustanding contribution to medical and veterinary parasitology, her efforts to encourge productive collaborations among biologists, veterinarians, physicians, and fundamental and applied parasitologitst worldwide, and her enthusiastic support for young parasitologists.
The price is administered by the WAAVP Awards Subcommittee.
Eligibility:
Nominees should:
- Have made significant and important contributions to the study of parasites or vectors of medical or veterinary importance, reflecting Odile Bin's research interest.
- Be 40 years of age or younger on 16 October in the year of award.
- Have received their PhD within the preceding seven years.
Nomination procedure:
Nominations must be submitted by a proposer and a seconder and include:
- A statement describing the innovative nature and excellence of the nominee's work and how their research reflects Odile Bain's scientific contributions (maximum 400 words).
- A Curriculum Vitae including date of birth, education, H-index, and a list of up to 10 relevant publications in reputable peer-reivewed journals indexed in PubMed.
- A summary of the research conducted during the PhD, including the year the degree was awarded and the awarding institution (maximum 400 words).
Submissions of nominations
Deadline: 28 February 2027
All nomination documents should be submitted by email to:
Prof. Timothy Geary
Chair, WAAVP Awards Subcommittee
The next prize will be awarded in 2027, in conjunction with the 31st WAAVP International Conference in Berlin, Germany (22-26 August 2027).
Previous Winners of this award are:
- Cinzia Cantacessi, University of Cambridge, UK
- Stefanie Knopp, Swiss Tropical Health Institute, Switzerland and National History Museum, UK
- Abdul Jabbar, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Xiaoyun Wang, University of Chicago, USA
- Filipe Dantas-Torres (OBMP 2016 winner) Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil
- Guo-Hua Liu (OBMP 2016 joint winner), Chinese Acadeny of Agricultural Sciences, China
- Guilherme Verocai (OBMP 2016 joint winner), University of Georgia, USA
- Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France
- Luc Edgar Coffeng, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Brecht Devleesschauwer, Belgian Scientific Insitute of Public Health, Belgium
- Giovanni Benelli, University of Pisa, Italy
- Vito Colella, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Amanda Duarte Barbosa, Murdoch University, Australia
- Adnan Hodzic (OBMP 2020 winner), University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austra
- Angela M. Ionica (OBMP 2020 joint winner), University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Alicia Rojas (OBMP 2020 join winner), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and University of Costa Rica
- Goylette Chami, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK
- Barbora Pafco, Czech Academy of Sciences and University of Veterinary Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
- Jairo Alfonso Mendoza Roldan, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy
- Alireza Sazmand, Department of Pathobiology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran
- Nichola Calvani, Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, University of Galway, Ireland
- Dorota Dquznik-Szarek, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Pablo David Jimenez Castro, Antech Diagnostics, USA
- Guangzu Ma, Zhejiang University, China
- Lucas Sousa-Paula, National Institutes of Health, USA