Billy H. Cooper Award in Medical Mycology


This award is presented to an individual from the Americas for continuous outstanding achievement in clinical mycology. The recommendation of a nominee by an active regular MMSA member must be made in writing and should consist of:

  • A description of the nominee contributions,
  • The reasons why these should be considered worthy of special recognition
  • Curriculum Vitae or…
    > A brief biographical sketch of the nominee and…
    > A list of publications
  • Any other supporting documents considered relevant

Nomination Rules:

  • The recommendation of a nominee must be supported by letters of seconding the nomination from other active members.
  • No more than 5 letters of recommendation, including the primary letter shall be submitted in support of a nominee.
  • Primary or secondary (letter writers) nominators can only nominate one candidate per award annually.
  • A nomination made for one award is not transferrable to another award committee. Re-nomination of a candidate for the subsequent year shall be conducted through a new nomination package.
  • The nomination may not be made posthumously except in the following condition. If the Committee has selected a recipient and if the recipient should be deceased thereafter the Award must be made posthumously.

Send nomination packages to Committee Chair:  Nathan Wiederhold

Nominations are due by April 30, 2024! 


Billy H. Cooper Awardees

Billy Cooper was an outstanding clinical mycologist and was the first recipient of the award in 1983, which was renamed in his honor after his untimely death. Each year we continue the tradition and recognize an outstanding contributor to the practice of diagnostic clinical mycology. Please refer to the list of previous recipients below when considering nominees:

  • 1983   Billy Cooper
  • 1984   Leo Kaufman
  • 1985   No award given
  • 1986   Smith Shadomy
  • 1987   Michael McGinnis
  • 1988   Demothenes Pappagianis
  • 1989   Glenn D. Roberts
  • 1990   Norman L. Goodman
  • 1991   Ira F. Salkin
  • 1992   Geoffrey A. Land
  • 1993   William G. Merz
  • 1994   Michael A. Pfaller
  • 1995   Michael G. Rinaldi
  • 1996   Thomas J. Walsh
  • 1997   No award given
  • 1998   Leslie Hall Stockman
  • 1999   No award given
  • 2000   Donald L. Greer
  • 2001   Lynne Snyder
  • 2002   Arvind A. Padhye
  • 2003   Ana Espinel
  • 2004   Thomas G. Mitchell
  • 2005   Davise Larone
  • 2006   Wiley A. Schell
  • 2007   Gary Procop
  • 2008   Deanna A. Sutton
  • 2009   Mahmoud Ghannoum
  • 2010   Leonel Mendoza
  • 2011   Annette Fothergill
  • 2012   No award
  • 2013   Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
  • 2014   Stan Bauman
  • 2015   Joe Wheat
  • 2016   David Andes
  • 2017   Liise-anne Pirofski
  • 2018   Judith Rhodes
  • 2019   Kieren Marr
  • 2020   Barbara Alexander
  • 2021   David Boulware
  • 2022   Nathan Wiederhold
  • 2023 Thomas Patterson