The PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) was founded in 1988 to foster interactions in the various disciplines of pigment cell research in the Americas (Central, North and South Americas).
Previous Council members, Awardees and Honorary PASPCR memebers are listed below.
Council Members
| Term | President | Secretary/Treasurer | President-Elect | Council Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 – 1989 | James J. Nordlund | Richard A. King | ||
| 1988 – 1990 | Alistar Cochran Vincent J. Hearing Walter C. Quevedo | |||
| 1988 – 1991 | Sally K. Frost-Mason Thomas M. Schultz Roger R. Bowers | |||
| 1988 – 1992 | Raymond Boissy Nels Granholm Herbert Haberman | |||
| 1990 – 1992 | James J. Nordlund | Richard A. King | Vincent J. Hearing | |
| 1991 – 1993 | Joseph Bagnara John Brumbaugh Kowichi Jimbow | |||
| 1992 – 1994 | Roger Bowers Alistar Cochran John Pawelek | |||
| 1993 – 1995 | Vincent J. Hearing | Richard A. King | Sally Frost-Mason | Zalfa Abdel-Malek Murray Brilliant Seth J. Orlow |
| 1994 – 1996 | Raymond Boissy Gert Jacobsohn DeWayne Townsend | |||
| 1995 – 1997 | Alan N. Houghton William S. Oetting Walter C. Quevedo | |||
| 1996 – 1998 | Sally Frost-Mason
| James J. Nordlund | Richard A. King | Kenneth A. Mason Frank Meyskens Jr. David A. Norris |
| 1997 – 1999 | Gregory Barsh M. Lynn Lamoreux John Pawelek | |||
| 1998 – 2000 | Jean L. Bolognia Estela E. Medrano William J. Pavan | |||
| 1999 – 2001 | Richard A. King | James J. Nordlund | Zalfa Abdel-Malek | Meenhard Herlyn Helene Z. Hill Giselle Thibaudeau |
| 2000 – 2002 | Mary K. Cullen Randall L. Morrison Vijayasaradhi Setaluri | |||
| 2001 – 2003 | Thomas J. Hornyak Glynis Scott Miri Seiberg | |||
| 2002 – 2004 | Zalfa Abdel-Malek
| Raymond Boissy
| John Pawelek | Bryan Fuller Ruth Halaban Brian Potterf |
| 2003 – 2005 | Gisella Erf Manickam Sugumaran Richard Swank | |||
| 2004 – 2006 | Gregory Barsh Murray Brilliant Seth Orlow | |||
| 2005 – 2007 | John Pawelek | Raymond Boissy | Frank Meyskens | William S. Oetting William J. Pavan Giselle Thibaudeau |
| 2006 – 2008 | James M. Grichnik Sancy A. Leachman Richard A. Spritz | |||
| 2007 – 2009 | Lidia Kos Caroline Le Poole Andrzej Slominski (2007) Raymond Boissy (2008 – 2009) | |||
| 2008 – 2010 | Frank Meyskens | Andrzej Slominski | Greg Barsh | Marjan Huizing Ana Luisa Kadekaro Prashiela Manga |
| 2009 – 2011 | Gisela Erf Thomas Hornyak Miri Seiberg | |||
| 2010 – 2012 | Robert Cornell Michael Marks Richard Spritz | |||
| 2011 – 2013 | Greg Barsh | Andrzej Slominski | Caroline Le Poole | Deborah Lang John Pawelek Vijayasaradhi Setaluri |
| 2012 – 2014 | Gertrude-Emilia Costin Sancy Leachman Glynis Scott | |||
| 2013 – 2015 | Thomas Hornyak Lidia Kos Julio Valencia | |||
| 2014 – 2016 | Caroline Le Poole | Prashiela Manga | Thomas Hornyak | Suzie Chen Maria Wei David Norris |
| 2015 – 2017 | Esteban Dell'Angelica John D'Orazio (2015-2016) Arup Indra | |||
| 2016 – 2018 | Robert Cornell Stacie Loftus Andrzej Slominski | |||
| 2017 – 2019 | Thomas Hornyak | Prashiela Manga | John D'Orazio | Neil Box Pamela Cassidy Fabian V. Filipp Mayumi Fujita |
| 2018 - 2020 | Craig Ceol Deborah Lang | |||
| 2019 - 2021 | Cynthia Cooper Ivana De La Serna Melissa Harris | |||
| 2020 - 2022 | John D'Orazio | Neil Box | Suzie Chen | Stanca Birlea Catherine Van Raamsdonk Andrew White Jonathan Zippin |
Meetings
| Meeting | Year | Site | Organizer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988 | Minneapolis, MN | R.A. King |
| 2 | 1989 | Bethesda, MD | V.J. Hearing |
| 3 | 1991 | Edmonton, Canada | K. Jimbow |
| 4 | 1992 | Cincinnati, OH | R.E. Boissy |
| 15th IPCC | 1993 | London, England | P. Riley |
| 5 | 1994 | Philadelphia, PA | G.M. Jacobsohn |
| 6 | 1995 | Kansas City, MO | S. Frost-Mason |
| 16th IPCC | 1996 | Anaheim, CA | F. Meyskens |
| 7 | 1997 | Providence, RI | W.C. Quevedo |
| 8 | 1998 | Snowmass, CO | D.A. Norris |
| 17th IPCC | 1999 | Nagoya, Japan | S. Ito |
| 9 | 2000 | College Station, TX | L. Lamoreux E.E. Medrano |
| 10 | 2001 | Minneapolis, MN | R.A. King |
| 18th IPCC | 2002 | Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands | S. Pavel |
| 11 | 2003 | Cape Cod, MA | J.L. Bolognia |
| 12 | 2004 | Irving, CA | F. Meyskens |
| 19th IPCC | 2005 | Washington, D.C. | V. Hearing |
| 13 | 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | Z. Abdel-Malek |
| 14 | 2007 | Chicago, IL | I.C. Le Poole |
| 20th IPCC | 2008 | Sapporo, Japan | K. Jimbow |
| 15 | 2009 | Memphis, TN | A. Slominski |
| 16 | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Y. Zhou |
| 21th IPCC | 2011 | Bordeaux, France | A. Taieb |
| 17 | 2012 | Salt Lake City, UT | S. Leachman |
| 18 | 2013 | Madison, WI | V. Setaluri |
| 22th IPCC | 2014 | Singapore, B.K | B.K. Goh |
| 19 | 2015 | Orange, CA | F. Meyskens |
| 20 | 2016 | Baltimore, MD | T. Hornyak |
| 23rd IPCC | 2017 | Denver, CO | D. Norris |
| 21 | 2018 | Gleneden Beach, OR | S. Leachman T. Hornyak M. Kulez‐Martin |
| 22 | 2019 | Bar Harbor, ME | C. Ceol |
| 24th IPCC | 2020 | Yamagata, Japan (Cancelled) | T. Suzuki |
Award Winners
| Vitiligo Award | |
|---|---|
| 1988 | D. Durham-Pierre |
| 1989 | Z. Abdel-Malek |
| 1991 | W. Oetting |
| 1992 | V. Hearing |
| Young Investigators Award | |
|---|---|
| 1992 | L. Austin G. Erf |
| 1993 | W. Pavan V. Setaluri |
| 1994 | D. Granholm D. Nagle P. Fernandez |
| 1995 | M. Haddad H. Mahalingam W. Oetting S. Wildenberg |
| 1997 | G.P. Sreekumar M.R. Miglarese W. Pavan |
| 1998 | E.-J. Jin I.C. Le Poole R. Miltenberger R. Morrison |
| 2000 | E. Pereira W. Xu S. Jamal |
| 2001 | F. Dong M. Huizing X. Wang |
| 2003 | Y.E. Marin C.D. Van Raamsdonk P. Manga |
| 2004 | R.J. Garcia A.L. Kadekaro M. Huizing |
| 2006 | J. D'Orazio A. Kadekaro M. Zmijewski M. Harris |
| PASPCR Poster Award | |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1) J.C. Valencia 2) L-N Komatsu 3) P-C Lee |
| 2009 | 1) R. Hu 2) M. Harris 3) Z.S. Pavicevic |
| 2010 | 1) C.Lin 2) T. Lee 3) C. Carmona-Rivera 3) M. Matundan 3) M. Deo |
| 2012 | 1) J.M. Huang 2) J.A. Lister 3) A. Sakata |
| 2013 | 1) C. Sing 2) A. Trivedi 3) D. Syed |
| 2015 | 1) E. Wolf Horell 2) Z. Zhai 3) B. Tandukar |
| 2016 | 1) J. Freitas 2) Z. Janjetovic 3) S. Joshi and M.L.Fisher |
| 2019 | 1) P. Bunda 2) S. Sarkar and JW. Lui 3) H. Barak, R. Riding and R. Ruiz |
| Career Achievement Award | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | W. Quevedo |
| 1995 | A. Lerner |
| 1997 | J. Bagnara |
| 1998 | J. Nordlund |
| 2000 | J. Pawelek |
| 2003 | R. King |
| 2007 | M. Herlyn |
| 2013 | A. Houghton Z. Abdel-Malek |
| 2014 | V. Hearing |
| 2021 | S. Leachman |
| Aaron B. Lerner / PASPCR Special Lectureship Award | |
|---|---|
| 1994 | B. Mintz |
| 1995 | S. Tilghman |
| 1996 | S. Orlow |
| 1997 | V. Hearing |
| 1998 | J. Pawelek |
| 2000 | L. Lamoreux |
| 2003 | R. Halaban |
| 2004 | J. Pawelek |
| 2005 | G. Barsh |
| 2006 | Z. Abdel-Malek |
| 2007 | B. Mintz |
| 2008 | A. Slominski |
| 2009 | M. Marks |
| 2010 | H. Arnheiter |
| 2011 | C. Goding |
| 2012 | G. Merlino |
| 2013 | D. Fisher |
| 2014 | William Pavan |
| 2015 | Lionel Larue |
| 2016 | Eirikur Steingrimsson |
| Chairman's Award | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Aaron Lerner Thomas Fitzpatrick |
| 2007 | Elisabeth Hearing Vincent Hearing |
| Medrano Award | |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Hopi Hoekstra |
| 2013 | Maria Wei |
| 2015 | Fabian V. Filipp |
| 2016 | Melissa Harris |
| 2021 | Robert Judson-Torres |
Honorary Members
| 1994 | E. Russell |
| 1995 | W. Silvers |
| 1998 | G. Szabo |
| 2000 | S. Pomerantz |
| 2000 | W. Quevedo |
| 2003 | J. Bagnara |
| 2005 | L. Lamoreux |
| 2006 | R. Bowers |
| 2007 | R. King |
| 2013 | William S. Oetting |
| 2014 | J. Nordlund |
| 2015 | V. Hearing |
| 2019 | G.E. Costin P. Manga |
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