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Carolina Garcia-Vidal was honoured for her work with respiratory tract infections, and Jason Roberts for setting up research networks on antimicrobial therapies. Roy Sleator received his award for characterisation of emerging GI pathogens.
Annelies Zinkernagel, chair of the Scientific Affairs subcommittee announced at the ceremony ESCMID will support another 14 scientists through research and travel grants.
At the same event, ESCMID gave a special excellence award to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in recognition of its efforts fighting Ebola.
(Pictured: Hilde de Clerck accepts the special excellence award on behalf of MSF.)