Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award
This award and lectureship were established in 1987 in honor of Frederick W. L. Kerr, a founder of the American Pain Society, to recognize individual excellence and achievement in pain scholarship. Since then, the Kerr medallion has been presented to 25 outstanding pain professionals—researchers and clinicians—whose career achievements have made important contributions to the field of pain.
2019 Award Recipient
Past Award Recipients
Clifford J. Woolf, MD PhD, 2015
Arthur “Bud” Craig, Jr., PhD, 2011
Timothy Brennan, MD PhD, 2010
Joyce Deleo, PhD, 2009
Karin Westlund High, PhD, 2008
George Wilcox, PhD, 2007
David Julius, PhD, 2006
Linda Watkins, PhD, 2005
Donald D. Price, PhD, 2004
Catherine Bushnell, 2003
Jon Levine, 2002
Patrick W. Mantyh, 2001
Frank Porreca, 2000
Jean-Marie Besson, 1999
Kenneth Casey, 1998
Howard L. Fields, 1997
Gary J. Bennett, 1996
John C. Liebeskind, 1995
G. F. Gebhart, 1994
Allan I. Basbaum, 1993
Ronald Dubner, 1992
Tony L. Yaksh, 1991
William H. Sweet, 1990
Wilbert E. Fordyce, 1989
James N. Campbell, 1988
William D. Willis, 1987
