Meetings & Education
Josef Warkany Lecturer Presentations
Description: This award recognizes a scientist who has significantly contributed to the field of teratology over his/her career. The award recipient presents a lecture scheduled as a highlight of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention's annual meeting.
Eligibility requirements: A distinguished career devoted to research in the field of teratology. The lecturer need not be a member of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention. Candidates can be nominated by members of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, and at times nominations have also been made by an ad hoc selection committee.
Judging process: The Warkany Lecturer is selected by the president of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention from the list of nominated candidates.
2024 Recipient
Past Recipients
Past Recipients
2018
John M. DeSesso, PhD
The Arrogance of Teratology
2014
Thomas B. Knudsen, US Environmental Protection Agency
Teratology v2.0: Building a Path Forward
2013
Robert J. Kavlock, US Environmental Protection Agency
A Random Walk through Teratology
2011
Kathleen Sulik,
University of North Carolina
A Tail of Mice and Men, Embryos and Ethanol