CGS Medal and Lecture

History

The CGS Medal is awarded annually for outstanding contributions in the field of clinical genetics, and the recipient delivers the keynote CGS Lecture at the British Society for Genetic Medicine conference. This award was first given in 1984.

Past CGS Medallists

1980s

1984 Professor Sir David Weatherall 1987 Dr Alec Jeffreys
1985 Professor David Danks 1988 Dr Victor McKusick
1986 Professor Frederick Vogel 1989 Professor Hans Galjaard

 

1990s

1990 Professor Peter Pearson 1995 Dr David Leadbetter
1991 Professor Mel Greaves 1996 Professor Paul Polani
1992 Professor Robert Winston 1997 Professor Mark Fergusson
1993 Dr Timothy Bishop 1998 Professor Bryan Sykes
1994 Dr Peter Rigby 1999 Professor John Todd

 

2000s

2000 Dr Francis Collins 2005 Professor Sydney Brenner
2001 Professor Nicholas Hastie 2006 Professor Pat Jacobs
2002 Professor Dame Kay Davies 2007 Professor Douglas Higgs
2003 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys 2008 Professor Sir David Lane
2004 Professor Dian Donnai 2009 Professor Leena Peltonen

2010s

2010 Professor Martin Bobrow 2015 Dr Leslie Biesecker
2011 Professor Veronica van Heyningen 2016-17 Professor Han Brunner
2012 Professor Arnold Munnich - -
2013 Professor Andrew Hattersley 2018 Professor Andrew Wilkie
2014 Professor Sir Walter Bodmer 2019 Professor Karen Temple

 

2020s

2020 Dr Helen Firth 2025 Professor Sarah Smithson
2021 Professor David Fitzpatrick    
2022 Professor Jill Clayton-Smith    
2023 Professor Eamonn Maher    
2024 Dr Mohnish Suri    

 

 

 

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