History
& Award recipients

Table of Contents

Former Society Officials and Council Members
Past Meetings
Award Winners
Honorary Members

Former Society Officials and Council Members

TermPresidentSecretary/TreasurerPresident-ElectCouncil Members
1988 – 1989James J. NordlundRichard A. King
1988 – 1990Alistar Cochran,
Vincent J. Hearing,
Walter C. Quevedo
1988 – 1991Sally K. Frost-Mason,
Thomas M. Schultz,
Roger R. Bowers
1988 – 1992Raymond Boissy,
Nels Granholm,
Herbert Haberman
1990 – 1992James J. NordlundRichard A. KingVincent J. Hearing
1991 – 1993Joseph Bagnara,
John Brumbaugh,
Kowichi Jimbow
1992 – 1994Roger Bowers,
Alistar Cochran,
John Pawelek
1993 – 1995Vincent J. HearingRichard A. KingSally Frost-MasonZalfa Abdel-Malek,
Murray Brilliant,
Seth J. Orlow
1994 – 1996Raymond Boissy,
Gert Jacobsohn,
DeWayne Townsend
1995 – 1997Alan N. Houghton,
William S. Oetting,
Walter C. Quevedo
1996 – 1998Sally Frost-MasonJames J. NordlundRichard A. KingKenneth A. Mason
Frank Meyskens Jr.
David A. Norris
1997 – 1999Gregory Barsh,
M. Lynn Lamoreux,
John Pawelek
1998 – 2000Jean L. Bolognia,
Estela E. Medrano,
William J. Pavan
1999 – 2001Richard A. KingJames J. NordlundZalfa Abdel-MalekMeenhard Herlyn,
Helene Z. Hill,
Giselle Thibaudeau
2000 – 2002Mary K. Cullen,
Randall L. Morrison,
Vijayasaradhi Setaluri
2001 – 2003Thomas J. Hornyak,
Glynis Scott,
Miri Seiberg
2002 – 2004Zalfa Abdel-MalekRaymond BoissyJohn PawelekBryan Fuller,
Ruth Halaban,
Brian Potterf
2003 – 2005Gisella Erf,
Manickam Sugumaran,
Richard Swank
2004 – 2006Gregory Barsh,
Murray Brilliant,
Seth Orlow
2005 – 2007John PawelekRaymond BoissyFrank MeyskensWilliam S. Oetting,
William J. Pavan,
Giselle Thibaudeau
2006 – 2008James M. Grichnik,
Sancy A. Leachman,
Richard A. Spritz
2007 – 2009Lidia Kos,
Caroline Le Poole,
Andrzej Slominski (2007),
Raymond Boissy (2008 – 2009)
2008 – 2010Frank MeyskensAndrzej SlominskiGreg BarshMarjan Huizing,
Ana Luisa Kadekaro,
Prashiela Manga
2009 – 2011Gisela Erf,
Thomas Hornyak,
Miri Seiberg
2010 – 2012Robert Cornell,
Michael Marks,
Richard Spritz
2011 – 2013Greg BarshAndrzej SlominskiCaroline Le PooleDeborah Lang,
John Pawelek,
Vijayasaradhi Setaluri
2012 – 2014Gertrude-Emilia Costin,
Sancy Leachman,
Glynis Scott
2013 – 2015Thomas Hornyak,
Lidia Kos,
Julio Valencia,
2014 – 2016Caroline Le PoolePrashiela MangaThomas HornyakSuzie Chen,
Maria Wei,
David Norris
2015 – 2017Esteban Dell’Angelica,
John D’Orazio (2015-2016),
Arup Indra
2016 – 2018Robert Cornell,
Stacie Loftus,
Andrzej Slominski
2017 – 2019Thomas HornyakPrashiela MangaJohn D’OrazioNeil Box,
Pamela Cassidy,
Fabian V. Filipp,
Mayumi Fujita
2018 – 2020Craig Ceol,
Deborah Lang
2019 – 2021Cynthia Cooper,
Ivana De La Serna,
Melissa Harris
2020 – 2022John D’OrazioNeil Box

(2020-2021)		Suzie ChenStanca Birlea,
Catherine Van Raamsdonk,
Andrew White,
Jonathan Zippin
2021-2023Arup Indra,
Richard White
2022-2023Mayumi FujitaBonnie Carney
2022-2024Christin Burd,
Pamela Cassidy,
Robert Judson-Torres
2023-2025Suzie ChenJonathan ZippinAndrew Aplin,
Carla Daniela Robles Espinoza,
Todd Ridky,
Robert Cornell
2024-2026Yiqun ShellmanStacie Loftus,
Catherine Van Raamsdonk

Past Meetings

MeetingYearSiteOrganizer
11988Minneapolis, MNR.A. King
21989Bethesda, MDV.J. Hearing
31991Edmonton, CanadaK. Jimbow
41992Cincinnati, OHR.E. Boissy
15th IPCC1993London, EnglandP. Riley
51994Philadelphia, PAG.M. Jacobsohn
61995Kansas City, MOS. Frost-Mason
16th IPCC1996Anaheim, CAF. Meyskens
71997Providence, RIW.C. Quevedo
81998Snowmass, COD.A. Norris
17th IPCC1999Nagoya, JapanS. Ito
92000College Station, TXL. Lamoreux, E.E. Medrano
102001Minneapolis, MNR.A. King
18th IPCC2002Egmond aan Zee, NetherlandsS. Pavel
112003Cape Cod, MAJ.L. Bolognia
122004Irving, CAF. Meyskens
19th IPCC2005Washington, D.C.V. Hearing
132006Cincinnati, OHZ. Abdel-Malek
142007Chicago, ILI.C. Le Poole
20th IPCC2008Sapporo, JapanK. Jimbow
152009Memphis, TNA. Slominski
162010Vancouver, BC, CanadaY. Zhou
21th IPCC2011Bordeaux, FranceA. Taieb
172012Salt Lake City, UTS. Leachman
182013Madison, WIV. Setaluri
22th IPCC2014Singapore, B.KB.K. Goh
192015Orange, CAF. Meyskens
202016Baltimore, MDT. Hornyak
23rd IPCC2017Denver, COD. Norris
212018Gleneden Beach, ORS. Leachman, T. Hornyak, M. Kulez‐Martin
222019Bar Harbor, MEC. Ceol
24th IPCC2020Yamagata, Japan (Cancelled)T. Suzuki
232021Lexington, KYJ. D’Orazio
25th IPCC2023Bilbao, SpainM.D. Boyano

Award Winners

Vitiligo Award

YearName
1988D. Durham-Pierre
1989Z. Abdel-Malek
1991W. Oetting
1992V. Hearing

Young Investigators Award

YearName
1992L. Austin, G. Erf
1993W. Pavan, V. Setaluri
1994D. Granholm, D. Nagle, P. Fernandez
1995M. Haddad, H. Mahalingam, W. Oetting, S. Wildenberg
1997G.P. Sreekumar, M.R. Miglarese, W. Pavan
1998E.-J. Jin, I.C. Le Poole, R. Miltenberger, R. Morrison
2000E. Pereira, W. Xu, S. Jamal
2001F. Dong, M. Huizing, X. Wang
2003Y.E. Marin, C.D. Van Raamsdonk, P. Manga
2004R.J. Garcia, A.L. Kadekaro, M. Huizing
2006J. D’Orazio, A. Kadekaro, M. Zmijewski, M. Harris

Medrano Young Investigator Award

YearName
2012Hopi Hoekstra
2013Maria Wei
2015Fabian V. Filipp
2016Melissa Harris
2021Robert Judson-Torres

Career Achievement Award   

YearName
1994W. Quevedo
1995A. Lerner
1997J. Bagnara
1998J. Nordlund
2000J. Pawelek
2003R. King
2007M. Herlyn
2013Z. Abdel-Malek, A. Houghton
2014V. Hearing
2021S. Leachman

Aaron B. Lerner / PASPCR Special Lectureship Award   

YearName
1994B. Mintz
1995S. Tilghman
1996S. Orlow
1997V. Hearing
1998J. Pawelek
2000L. Lamoreux
2003R. Halaban
2004J. Pawelek
2005G. Barsh
2006Z. Abdel-Malek
2007B. Mintz
2008A. Slominski
2009M. Marks
2010H. Arnheiter
2011C. Goding
2012G. Merlino
2013D. Fisher
2014William Pavan
2015Lionel Larue
2016Eirikur Steingrimsson
2021Sancy A. Leachman
2023David Fisher

Chairman's Award 

YearNames
1997Aaron Lerner, Thomas Fitzpatrick
2007Elisabeth Hearing, Vincent Hearing

Poster Awards

YearName and finish placeAward
2007J.C. Valencia (1st),
L-N Komatsu (2nd),
P-C Lee (third)		PASPCR Poster Award
2009R. Hu (1st),
M. Harris (2nd),
Z.S. Pavicevic (3rd)
PASPCR Poster Award
2010C.Lin (1st),
T. Lee (2nd),
C. Carmona-Rivera (3rd),
M. Matundan (3rd),
M. Deo (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2012J.M. Huang (1st),
J.A. Lister (2nd),
A. Sakata (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2013C. Sing (1st),
A. Trivedi (2nd),
D. Syed (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2015E. Wolf Horell (1st),
Z. Zhai (2nd),
B. Tandukar (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2016J. Freitas (1st),
Z. Janjetovic (2nd),
S. Joshi (3rd),
M.L.Fisher (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2019P. Bunda (1st),
S. Sarkar (2nd),
JW. Lui (2nd),
H. Barak (3rd),
R. Riding (3rd),
R. Ruiz (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award
2021S. Moore (1st),
L. Nease (2nd),
R. Belote (3rd)		Wiley Poster Award
2021L. Donahue (1st),
C. Kenny (2nd),
S. Neuffer (3rd)		PASPCR Poster Award

Honorary Members

YearName
1994E. Russell
1995W. Silvers
1998G. Szabo
2000S. Pomerantz
2000W. Quevedo
2003J. Bagnara
2005L. Lamoreux
2006R. Bowers
2007R. King
2013William S. Oetting
2014J. Nordlund
2015V. Hearing
2019G.E. Costin, P. Manga