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
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