Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research
Nominations for the 2026 ASBMB Annual Awards will open in March.
The Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research, established by the ASBMB’s Lipid Research Division, recognizes outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids by a young investigator who is an assistant professor or equivalent and with no more than 10 years of experience since receiving a Ph.D. and/or M.D. Only degrees received after March 1, 2014, are eligible for this award.
Both nominees and nominators must be ASBMB members.
The award consists of a plaque, $2,000 and travel expenses to present a lecture at the ASBMB annual meeting.
Recipients
![Robert N. Helsley](/getmedia/a7a9e2cb-ee4f-4d8c-b98c-703c14541ccc/300x300-Robert-Helsley.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2025
- Robert N. Helsley
![Judith Simcox](/getmedia/df1998fe-67f0-451a-b9ef-9604640f1b2b/300x300-Judith-Simcox.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Itay Budin](/getmedia/e6637665-4492-4367-9b68-415313435342/300x300-itay-budin.png?width=300&height=300&ext=.png)
2023
- Itay Budin
![Michael Airola](/getmedia/0228aab3-7643-4293-8690-49dc07e4f5c7/300x300MichaelAirola.png?width=300&height=300&ext=.png)
![Jeremy Baskin](/getmedia/06221b3a-220b-460d-8cd3-29e2bc939209/300x300-Jeremy-Baskin.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Shu Sin Chng](/getmedia/0f64e4c8-96ab-45dd-9305-3480860ed5b4/300x300-Shu-Sin-Chng.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![John Burke](/getattachment/4cd4c8db-9c76-4cc3-874e-09fa30add683/300x300-John-Burke.jpg?lang=en-US&width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Gregory D. Fairn](/getmedia/ea864060-c38e-44ba-b552-d72e7fb8b0c5/300x300-Gregory-Fairn.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Christer S. Ejsing](/getmedia/f3f6f735-6eb9-40a3-a19b-9db71f8f037b/300x300-Christer-Ejsing.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Britta Brügger](/getmedia/d97a58a0-e4f5-4538-b6ae-67db567892b9/300x300-Britta-brugger.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2015
- Britta Brügger
![Mary L. Kraft](/getmedia/376af0b6-da3d-4e74-a12b-2d579c1a0524/300x300-Mary-Kraft.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2014
- Mary L. Kraft
![Tobias Walther](/getmedia/8dfdbdfc-5441-4adf-969b-061f297bdf7d/300x300-Tobias-Walther.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2013
- Tobias Walther
![Peter Espenshade](/getmedia/ea5e8fbb-9fe5-4a2c-b7e5-4c7056f7b331/300x300-peter-espenshade.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2012
- Peter Espenshade
![Charles E. Chalfant](/getmedia/5c3e2053-afef-4543-8cf3-05b5da7fbd79/300x300-charles-chalfant.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2011
- Charles E. Chalfant
![Sarah Keller](/getmedia/382f4dd9-66f2-4247-b490-6d2f290c6219/300x300-sarah-keller.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2010
- Sarah Keller