Award Recipients Recognized at 2025 International MDS Conference
The International Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Society (MDS) has recognized recipients of the 2025 MDS Awards. The awards honor professionals in the field who are elevating care for movement disorders through their contributions to research, scholarship, and clinical work. The awards and honors announced and presented at the 2025 International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders include the Articles of the Year awards, Junior Awards, and Presidential Lecture Awards, among others.
Recipients ofthe Presidential Lecture Awards comprise the MDS’s most esteemed honorees, invited to speak at the International Congress and selected by the MDS Awards Committee.
Mark Edwards, MBBS, BSc (Hons), PhD, FRCP of Kings College London is receiving the Stanley Fahn Lecture Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to movement disorder scholarship and clinical care.
- Lecture Title: Merging Mind and Brain – the Challenges and Opportunities of Integration
Prof. Jon Stoessl of the University of British Columbia, Editor-in-Chief of the Movement Disorders journal, is receiving the C. Marsden Lecture Award in recognition of his extensive contributions to research publication in the field of movement disorders and his use of PET to study Parkinson disease pathophysiology, treatment, and complications.
- Lecture: Functional Reorganization and Compensation in Parkinson’s Disease
The Movement Disorders Research and Review Articles of the Year and the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice Research and Review Articles of the Year are selected from articles published between July 2024 and June 2025 by the Editorial and Advisory Board members of the respective journals.
Movement Disorders Articles of the Year
Research Article of the Year:
- Cogan G, Daida K, Blauwendraat C, Billingsley K, Brice A. Exploration of Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Long-Read Sequencing and Optical Genome Mapping Technologies. Mov Disord. 2025;40(6):996-1008. doi:10.1002/mds.30151
Review Article of the Year:
- Stær K, Iranzo A, Stokholm MG, et al. Microglial Activation and Progression of Nigrostriatal Dysfunction in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Mov Disord. 2024;39(8):1323-1328. doi:10.1002/mds.29767
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice Articles of the Year
Research Article of the Year:
- Garg D, Patel S, Sankhla CS, et al. Movement Disorders in Patients with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Systematic Review. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024;11(7):770-785. doi:10.1002/mdc3.14062
Review Article of the Year:
- Tremblay C, Adler CH, Shill HA, et al. Predicting Post-Mortem α-Synuclein Pathology by the Combined Presence of Probable REM sleep behavior disorder and Hyposmia. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025;12(2):157-165. doi:10.1002/mdc3.14244
Recipients of Junior Awards are recognized for their significant contributions to clinical or basic science research in the field of movement disorders. The MDS Awards Committee selects the awardees in this category from the top-ranked abstracts submitted to the International Congress.
Lydia Chougar of La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is receiving a Junior Award.
- Abstract Title: Atrophy In Multiple System Atrophy Relates to Mitochondrial and Oligodendrocytic Processes
Dr. Junghwan Shin of the Movement Disorder Center of Seoul National University Hospital is receiving a Junior Award.
- Abstract Title: Cell-type Specific Bidirectional Modulation of STN Neurons Rescue Parkinsonian Motor Symptom
For more information on awards presented at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, please visit the meeting website: https://www.mdscongress.org/Congress-Awards.