Meet the 2025 Winner: Leonoor Boers, MD
Leonoor Boers, M.D., is a postdoctoral researcher at Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, specializing in acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients. Her research focuses on host immune responses, subphenotyping, and secondary infections in the alveolar compartment. She coordinates a BAL biobank to advance this work and is actively involved in mentoring and academic teaching. In 2024, she broadened her expertise during a research fellowship at Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle.
Description
This award recognizes an early-career faculty member with exemplary achievements in a scientific area of interest to the AII Assembly who demonstrates clear promise for a future of sustained productivity and whose primary appointment is outside of the United States or Canada. A single awardee is selected per year. The awardee will receive a framed certificate, and their work will be briefly highlighted at the Assembly Membership Meeting. There is no monetary award for this recognition.
Qualifications
- The bulk of the awardee’s research or academic activity should have been performed outside of the United States or Canada.
- The awardee must be a Primary or Secondary AII member.
- The awardee must be an Instructor, Assistant Professor, or equivalent (e.g., Lecturer, Privat Docent, junior professor) at the time of nomination.
- Nominees must be ≤ 12 years from their terminal doctoral degree (PhD) or completion of medical fellowship training (MD, MD/PhD). Individual waivers of the time rule will require a written statement as to the reason for the waiver and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Previous awardees are not eligible for the same award.
Nominations
- Nominations must be submitted by AII Primary or Secondary Assembly members. If this is the major barrier to nomination, please contact the ATS AII Planning Chair.
- Significant involvement in sister/brother societies related to pulmonary health (e.g., ERS) will be considered.
- Please submit a completed nomination form summarizing the nominee’s contributions in their area of expertise and why you believe they demonstrate clear promise for ongoing productivity/achievement.
- Upload the nominee’s NIH Biosketch or equivalent research CV (limit 5 pages). Ensure that the Biosketch or CV accurately reflects all the activities listed on the nomination form.