Awards
MDS recognizes regional recipients of prestigious awards during the AOPMC.
The Society honors impactful contributions to the field of Movement Disorders, as well as the outstanding professionals advancing science and care across the region and the world.
MDS-AOS Leadership Award
The inaugural award recognizes an outstanding leader and contributor in the field of Movement Disorders within the MDS Asian-Oceanian Section.
Recipients
2025
Nobutaka Hattori, Japan
Lectureship Awards
The Philip Thompson Lectureship Award and Yoshikuni Mizuno Lectureship Award honor pioneering experts and leaders in the field. The esteemed recipients are invited to present on topics of interest during the AOPMC.
Recipients
Yoshikuni Mizuno Lectureship Award
The Yoshikuni Mizuno Award Lecture was created to recognize an outstanding scholar and inspiring neuroscientist from the AOS region in the field of Movement Disorders.
2025 - Carolyn Sue
2023 - Roongroj Bhidayasiri
2021 - Ryosuke Takahashi
2019 - Ruey-Meei Wu
2016 - Eng-King Tan
2014 - Nobutaka Hattori
Philip Thompson Lectureship Award
The Philip Thompson Award Lecture is created to recognize an outstanding scholar and role-model clinician from the AOS region in the field of Movement Disorders.
2025 - Louis Tan
2023 - Pramod Pal
2021 - Beomseok Jeon
2019 - Shengdi Chen
2016 - Lillian Lee
2014 - Professor Robert Iansek
Junior Awards
Awarded to young abstract authors for significant contribution to clinical and basic science research. Recipients are invited to share about their work at the AOPMC.
Recipients
All Honorees
2025
Anna Ignatavicius, Sydney
Tzi Shin Toh, Kuala Lumpur
2023
Shweta Prasad, India
Debjyoti Dhar, India
2021
Thomas Welton, Singapore
Warongporn Phuenpathom, Bangkok
2016
Hiroyuki Todo, Japan
2014
Linda Oosterveld, Singapore
Norihito Uemura, Japan
Travel Grant Awardees
Travel Grant Awards provide support for first authors of high-scoring abstracts to travel to the AOPMC to present their work. Authors may enter for consideration of this award during the abstract submission process.