potamkin prize potamkin prize the potamkin prize for research in pick's, alzheimer's, and related diseases was established in 1988 and is sponsored by the american academy of neurology. the prize is funded through the philanthropy of the potamkin foundation. the prize is awarded for achievements on emerging areas of research in pick's disease, alzheimer's disease and other dementias. the award includes a medallion, $100,000 prize, and a 20-minute lecture at the american academy of neurology annual meeting. the prize is named after luba potamkin (wife of victor potamkin) who, in 1978, was diagnosed with a form of dementia which was identified as pick's disease, a form of frontotemporal dementia. a website dedicated to the potamkin prize was launched in 2020 and included background on the prize, biographies of past winners, and information about applying or being nominated. awards source (to 2017): american academy of neurology 2021: kenneth kosik, giovanna mallucci 2020: j. paul taylor 2019: randall j. bateman 2018: david bennett 2017: claudia kawas, kristine yaffe 2016: rosa rademakers, bryan j. traynor 2015: peter davies, reisa sperling 2014: marek-marsel mesulam 2013: eric m. reiman, michael w. weiner, william j. jagust 2012: takeshi iwatsubo 2011: dennis w. dickson, eckhard mandelkow, eva-maria mandelkow 2010: bruce l. miller, lennart mucke 2009: robert vassar, michael s. wolfe, berisłav v. zlokovic 2008: clifford r. jack, jr., william e. klunk, and chester a. mathis 2007: richard mayeux 2006: karen ashe, karen duff, and bradley hyman 2005: john c. morris, and ronald c. petersen 2004: leon j. thal, roger m. nitsch 2003: david m. holtzman, ashley i. bush 2002: christian haass, bart de strooper 2001: dale schenk 2000: maria grazia spillantini, michael l. hutton 1999: arne brun, kirk wilhelmsen, bernardino ghetti 1998: michel goedert, virginia m.-y. lee, john q. trojanowski 1997: sangram s. sisodia, elio lugaresi, pierluigi gambetti 1996: rudolph tanzi, peter st. george-hyslop 1995: steven g. younkin, khalid iqbal, yasuo ihara 1994: allen d. roses, gerard d. schellenberg 1993: blas frangione, alison goate, john hardy, christine van broeckhoven 1992: donald l. price, robert katzman 1991: stanley b. prusiner 1990: colin l. masters, konrad beyreuther 1989: dennis selkoe, george g. glenner 1988: robert d. terry