metlife foundation award for medical research in alzheimer's disease metlife foundation award for medical research in alzheimer's disease the metlife foundation award for medical research in alzheimer's disease were awarded annually from 1986 to 2016 to recognize scientific contributions toward a better understanding of the underlying causes, prevention, and treatments of alzheimer's disease. the awards were endowed by the metlife foundation and administered by the american federation for aging research. each of the winners received a personal award of us$50,000 and us$200,000 in research funds to further their research. recipients 2016 guojun bu miia kivipelto 2015 randall j. bateman christian haass 2014 mathias jucker lary c. walker riqiang yan 2013 yueming li lennart mucke 2012 christine van broeckhoven clifford r. jack, jr. 2010 randy l. buckner marcus e. raichle 2009 todd e. golde edward koo eckhard mandelkow eva-maria mandelkow 2008 takeshi iwatsubo michael s. wolfe 2007 bart de strooper robert vassar philip c. wong 2006 david m. holtzman berislav v. zlokovic 2005 karen hsiao ashe 2004 william e. klunk chester a. mathis john c. morris ronald c. petersen 2003 roberto malinow thomas c. südhof 2002 bruce a. yankner 2001 fred h. gage bradley t. hyman 2000 dennis w. dickson michael l. hutton 1999 mortimer mishkin larry r. squire douglas c. wallace 1998 paul greengard 1997 sangram s. sisodia steven g. younkin 1996 brenda milner michel goedert yasuo ihara virginia m.-y. lee john q. trojanowski 1995 gerard d. schellenberg thomas d. bird ellen m. wijsman rudolph e. tanzi 1994 john hardy alison goate robert w. mahley karl h. weisgraber 1993 blas frangione allen d. roses 1992 no award given 1991 stanley b. prusiner 1990 konrad beyreuther robert d. terry 1989 donald l. price 1988 carl w. cotman george g. glenner 1987 james f. gusella peter st. george-hyslop 1986 peter davies dennis j. selkoe source: