Advancing the scientific and clinical development of photodynamic therapy, photomedicine, photodisinfection, and photodiagnosis.

IPA Awards

IPA award recipients 

2023

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award

Paromita Sarbadhikary

Humaniarian Award

Keyvan Moghissi


Lifetime Achievement Award

Kristian Berg

Hubert van den Bergh

Basic PDT Research Excellence Award

Anette Weyergang

President’s Choice Award

Michael Hamblin


Award for Significant Advancement of Photodynamic Therapy

Brian Pogue



Early Investigator Award

Shi Lei

Cristina Romo

PDT Research Excellence Award

Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato

The Tayyaba Hasan Global PDT ImPAct Award

Ondine Biomedical Inc.

Clinical PDT Research Excellence Award

Cristina Kurachi


2022

Gold Medal Award
recognizing significant mentoring and career contributions which greatly advance the field of photodynamic therapy

Tayaba Hasan

David Kessel

Basic PDT Research Excellence Award

Heidi Abrahamse

Award for the Significant Advancement of Photodynamic Therapy

Elena Filonenko

Lifetime Achievement Award

Nicolas Loebel

Early Investigator Award

Anne-Laure Bulin

Clinical PDT Research Excellence Award

Xiuli Wang

 

2019

Gold Medal Award

Charles Gomer & Harubumi Kato

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lothar Lilge

Award for the Significant Advancement of Photodynamic Therapy

The team of Dr. Elizabeth Bryce, Diane Roscoe, and Dr. Titus Wong

Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow

Yanfang Feng

Team Award for Advancing PDT in Rising Nations

The team of Abrar Hasan and Shahid Siddiqui

Tayyaba Hasan Impact Award

Avigdor Scherz and Yoram Salomon

 

Early Investigator Award

Srivalleesha Mallidi & Girgis Obaid

Basic PDT Research Excellence Award

Jonathan Lovell

 

2017

Lifetime Achievement Award in PDT Basic Research

David Kessel

 

Lifetime Achievement Award in PDT Clinical Research

Colin Hopper

 

Lifetime Achievement Award in Antimicrobial PDT Research

Michael Wilson

Photodiagnostic Research Excellence Award

Brian Wilson

 

Award for PDT Clinical Trial Excellence

Natalia Inada

 

Award for Significant Advancement of Photodynamic Therapy

Tayyaba Hasan

 

Early Investigator Award

Pilar Acedo Núñez

 

 

Clinical PDT Research Excellence Award

Nick Loebel

 

Basic PDT Research Excellence Award

Mariana Geralde

 

Award for PDT Research Excellence

Georg Widhalm

Historic IPA Award Recipients

Gold Medal Award

Dieter Jachum

David Kessel

Jin Zhu