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NLA Honors & Awards
The 2024 Fellow of the NLA candidates will be reviewed during the following window:
- January 15 - February 15, 2024
The 2024 W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award will be open for nominations from October 1 through November 15, 2023.
The following honors will be open for nominations for the 2024 year from November 15 through December 31, 2023:
- 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.
October 1, 2023 - November 15, 2023
Criteria & DetailsHonorary 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 15, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Criteria & DetailsFellow 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:
January 15, 2024 - February 15, 2024
Criteria & DetailsMaster 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 & DetailsFoundation 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 15, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Criteria & DetailsThe 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 15, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Criteria & Details
This page was last updated: Nov 30, 2023