Rudolf Geigy Award Winner 2008 |
Award 2008
To mark the 106th birthday of the founder of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institut and of the R.Geigy Foundation, the late Professor Rudolf Geigy (1902-1994), the Foundation has again selected one exceptional individual to receive the R. Geigy Foundation Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Alphonse Um Boock from Cameroon
Former winners
The R. Geigy Foundation's purpose is to support the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institut in its mandate to contribute research, teaching/training and services to the improvement of the health of populations at national and international levels, emphasizing those most in need.
As a part of this endeavor, the Foundation has proudly given grants to young scientists to enable research that is important to furthering the understanding, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases, as well as improvement of health services.
The Foundation is aware that recipients of grants have also made strong personal commitments to their respective fields and have demonstrated enormous dedication to their work. Often the recipients of grants have demonstrated not only great enthusiasm for science, but have also accepted difficult living conditions and, sometimes even personal risk, compared to many of their peers.
- Fred Binka 2000
- Lea Knopf 2002
- Japhet Kihonda 2004
- Clara Menendez 2006