The Renal Pathology Society presents 3 awards
1. The Jacob Churg Award
2. The Liliane Striker Young Investigator Award
3. The Conrad Pirani Travel Award.

Deadline for nominations: Monday, February 11th 2008

Nomination procedures follow.

I. THE JACOB CHURG AWARD

The Jacob Churg Award is presented annually at the USCAP RPS dinner to an individual who has made major contributions to the field of nephropathology. The monetary component of the award is supported by a fund established by Barnert Hospital where Dr. Churg spent a substantial portion of his career prior to his retirement in 1996. Awardees are nominated by RPS members and selected by the Nominations and Awards Committee.

Nomination procedure
Nominations should be sent to Steve Bonsib, Chair of the Nominations and Awards Committee.
Please include:
1. A letter from the nominator detailing the contributions and accomplishments of the nominee
2. C.V. of the nominee
Previous recipients

II. THE LILIANE STRIKER YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

Nomination procedure
In 2006 the Young Investigator Award was named after Liliane Striker
in recognition of her many contributions to renal research. The Liliane Striker Young Investigator Award was established to encourage excellence in the area of renal pathology research by young investigators. The recipient will be selected from those nominated based on the quality of his/her abstract(s) submitted to the ASN or USCAP Annual Meeting. Awards in the amount of $500 (US) will be presented at the ASN and USCAP Meetings.

Qualifying criteria and nomination procedure:
The nominee must be the first author on the abstract and be nominated by a member of the RPS. The RPS member does not need to be a co-author of the submitted abstract but should be from the same institution as the nominee. The research must have been carried out while the candidate was a trainee (resident, fellow, graduate student) and not a faculty member. Nominations should be submitted to Steve Bonsib, Chair of the Nominating and Award Committee.

Previous Recipients

Recipients			Sponsor
2008	Yiqin Zuo, M.D., Ph.D.		A. Fogo
2007	Joris J. Roelofs	Lysosomes are required by mesangial cells to participate in renal AL-amyloidogenesis	J. Weening
2006	John Keeling	MMP-7 expression and the accumulation of tenascin in light cain deposition disease mesangial nodules	G. Herrera
2005	Xiubin Liang	Thymosin 4 is a marker or possibly even a contributor to glomerulosclerosis.	A. Fogo
2004	Hai-Chun Yang	Absence of integrin avb6 decreases interstitial fibrosis but worsens glomerulosclerosis in remnant kidney mice	A. Fogo
2002-2003	Adrian A. Suarez	Altered gene transcript profiles in congenitally obstructed human kidneys	H. Liapis
2001	Michael Eikmans	Molecular diagnostics of renal diseases	J. Bruijn
2000	Li-jun Ma	Regression of glomerulosclerosis in aging by angiotensin II Type 1 receptor antagonist (AIIRA) is linked to inhibition of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1).	A. Fogo
1999	Peter Heeringa	Expression of chemokines in murine crescentic glomerulonephritis	J.C. Jennette
1998	Glen Markowitz	Polycystin-2 expression is developmentally regulated	Vivette D'Agati
1997	Hitendra S. Jethwa	Variable region gene selection in murine anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) autoantibodies	J.C. Jennette
1997	Jorge Isaac	In vitro AL-amyloid formation by human mesangial cells (HMCs) is attenuated by chloroquine.	G. Herrera
1996	Tsuyoshi Oikawa	Modulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in vivo: A new mechanism for the anti-fibrotic effect of renin-angiotensin inhibition	A. Fogo
1996	Hugh B. Carey	Early hypoxia induced loss of Na, K-ATpase polarity in proximal tubules is associated with specific calpain regulated fodrin processing.	M. Kashgarian
1995	Shane Meehan	Expression of TIA-1, a cytoxic I cell protein in renal allograft rejection	R. B. Colvin

III. THE CONRAD PIRANI TRAVEL AWARD
Nomination procedure
This award honors Dr. Conrad Pirani’s legacy and contributions to renal pathology. The seed-money was donated by Dr Pirani in his will. The original funds have since been supplemented by donations from generous RPS members (please consider a donation to this fund when you renew your membership).

The intent of the award when established was to assist junior members with an accepted abstract whose financial situation made international travel difficult or impossible. Junior faculty (instructors, assistant professors) and renal fellows from the US and presenting at an international meeting, or working outside the USA and presenting at a meeting in the US qualify for this award. Documentation of need will be required for consideration of this award. Up to $1,500 will be awarded to the successful candidate (maximum of two awards / year). Applications should be forwarded to Steve Bonsib, Chair of the Nominations and Award Committee

Qualifying criteria and nomination procedure:
1. Junior member of the RPS (instructor, assistant professor, or renal fellow)
2. Accepted abstract to an international meeting
3. Letter from Program Director or Mentor validating need, that is, travel to the meeting will be difficult or impossible without additional financial support

Stephen M. Bonsib, MD
Albert G. and Harriet G. Smith Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology
LSU Health Sciences Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA  71130-3932
Phone: 318-675-4557
Fax: 318-675-4541
E-mail:  sbonsi@lsuhsc.edu

Previous Recipients:

2007 Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA
Banu Sis, MD, University of Alberta, Canada

2006 Rob de Lind van Wijngaarden, Idske Kremer Hovinga, Marije Koopmans
ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis and chimerism in lupus nephritis
University of Leiden, the Netherlands