1989

Peter Macklem, MD
McGill University

Respiratory Mechanics Applied to Individual Cells

1990

Nicholas Anthonisen, MD, PhD
University of Manitoba

The Ventilatory Response to Sustained Hypoxia

1991

John Clements, MD
University of California
San Francisco Pulmonary

Surfactant in Health and Disease: Fantasies, Films and Fugues

1992

John West, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego 

Pulmonary Blood-Gas Barrier: A Physiological Dilemma

1993

James Hogg, MD, PhD
University of British Columbia

Neutrophil Traffic Through the Lung in Health and Disease

1995

Jerome Brody, MD
Boston University, School of Medicine

How Does the Lung Get that Way: Regulation of Gene Expression in the Developing Lung

1996

Peter Paré, MD
University of British Columbia 

The Genetics of Asthma

1997

Michael Welsh, MD
University of Iowa, College of Medicine 

Clues to the Pathogenesis of Cystic Fibrosis

1998

Jeffrey Whitsett, MD
Cincinnati College of Medicine

Molecular Basis of Neonatal Pulmonary Disease

2000

Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
University of Toronto

Reversing Pulmonary Vascular Disease

2002

Bruce R. Pitt, PhD
University of Pittsburgh 

Nitric Oxide and Zinc Homeostasis in Pulmonary Endothelial Cells

2003

J. Craig Venter, PhD
Founder, Celera Corporation

The Impact of Genomics on Society