The Jon van Rood Award (JvRA) was initiated in 2011 in honor of the late Jon van Rood (1926 – 2017), founding father of EFI and discoverer of the HLA system.
Amongst the Abstracts submitted to the Annual EFI Conference, those with the highest average scores assigned by the EFI Scientific Committee are selected for presentation in the Best Abstract Session, which is held as a Plenary on the last day of the Conference.
All 8 presenters receive a Best Abstract Award Certificate. Amongst them, a jury composed of the attending Past EFI Presidents selects the winner of the Jon van Rood Award and two runner-ups, based on the quality of their presentation and subsequent discussion, which come with a Prize Money of 1000€, 500€ and 300€, respectively.
2025 - Prague
Jon van Rood award: Onur Ozer, Kiel, Germany (O6)
Runner up: Emma Peereboom, Utrecht, the Netherlands (O8)
Runner up: Cristina Toffalori, Milan, Italy (O1)
Jon van Rood Award winners
2011 - Cedric Lenormand et al, INSERM UMR 725/EFS-Alsace, Strasbourg, France
2012 - Hiroko Miyadera et al, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - Giacomo Oliveira et al, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
2014 - Heleen van den Heuvel et al, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
2015 - Louise Rowntree et al, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2016 - Dr. Lotte Wieten et al, University Hospital Maastricht; Netherlands
2017 - Maximilian Metzing et al, University Hospital Essen; Germany
2018 - Andrew G. Brooks et al, University of Melbourne, Australia
2019 - Marco Carvalho et al, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
2020 - No Jon van Rood Award was handed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 - Esteban Arrieta-Bolaños, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
2022 - Ilse Gille et al, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
2023 - Philip Mausberg et al, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
2024 - Alice Rovai et al
2025 - Onur Ozer, Kiel University, Germany