Honors and Awards

NLA Honors & Awards

 

The 2025 Fellow of the NLA nomination window will be open during the following dates:

  • October 15 - December 31, 2024

The 2025 W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award will be open for nominations from September 1 through November 30, 2024.

The following honors will be open for nominations for the 2025 year from October 15 through December 31, 2024:

  • The Honorary Lifetime Member of the NLA Award
  • The Foundation of the NLA Clinician/Educator Award 
  • The Anne C. Goldberg, MD, MNLA Foundation Service Award

The W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award

The highest honor conferred by the NLA, honoring outstanding contributions in the diagnosis and treatment of lipid disorders.

The W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award is selected annually by a joint committee of the National Lipid Association and Foundation of the National Lipid Association.

September 1, 2024 - November 15, 2024

Criteria & Details Recipients

Honorary Lifetime Member of the NLA

The recipient of this award will be a scientist or clinician who would lend prestige to the NLA by being given Honorary Lifetime Membership by virtue of his/her unusual expertise and contributions to the field of clinical lipidology.

October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Criteria & Details Recipients

Foundation of the NLA Clinician/Educator Award

Recognizes a NLA member who demonstrates continued excellence in clinical care of patients with lipid disorders and/or excellence in education in the field of clinical lipidology.

October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Criteria & Details Recipients

The Anne C. Goldberg, MD, MNLA Foundation Service Award

Established to honor its namesake and is awarded to an individual who supports the mission of the Foundation of the NLA: Improving the welfare of patients and families affected by cholesterol and triglyceride problems.

October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Criteria & Details Recipients

 

Fellow of the NLA Award

Fellow of the National Lipid Association (NLA) is an honor reserved for, and awarded to NLA members who are esteemed and recognized by their professional colleagues for having the highest ethical standards and who have distinguished themselves at a regional, national, or international level in the field of Clinical Lipidology. They exhibit excellence in leadership and service towards the NLA's mission of reducing death and disability related to disorders of lipid metabolism.

Review window:

July 15, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Criteria & Details Recipients

Master of the NLA (MNLA)

Masters of the National Lipid Association (MNLA) is an honor reserved for and awarded to NLA members who are esteemed and recognized by their professional colleagues for having the highest ethical standards and who have distinguished themselves through research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, patient care, and service to their community at a regional, national, and international level in the field of Clinical Lipidology. They exhibit excellence in leadership and service towards the NLA’s to enhance the practice of lipid management in clinical medicine.

May, but is not required to, be awarded annually.

Criteria & Details Recipients
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Friday, October 27, 2017 - 01:45

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