Richard T Johnson State of the Art Prize Lecturers

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	2025: Professor Henry Mwandumba, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Research Programme, Malawi/Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK Persistent Challenges in the Management of HIV Associated CNS Infections in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy
	2024: Dr Tarun Dua, World Health Organization Headquarters, Switzerland The role of policy in responding to the global challenge of brain infections
	2023: Professor David Warrell, University of Oxford, UK The Neurology of Snakebite
	2022: Professor Charles Newton, Oxford University, UK & KEMRI, Kenya Advances in cerebral malaria: past, present & future.
	2022: Professor Gretchen Birbeck, University of Rochester, USA Neurologic morbidities from pediatric cerebral malaria—Looking Beyond the Body Count
	2021: Professor Nick Beeching, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK An Account of the Occasional Neurological Forays of a Peripatetic Infectious Disease Physician, Illustrated with Copious Anecdotes and Reflections
	2021: Professor Christina M. Marra, University of Washington School of Medicine, USA Unmasking the Great Imitator
	2020: Dr Sam Kampondeni, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi Neuro-radiology and the Mystery of Cerebral Malaria
‌	2019: Professor Tom Solomon, University of Liverpool, UK Tackling Brain Infections –from Bangkok to Blackpool and Back Again
	2018: Dr James J Sejvar, Centers for Disease Control, USA Keep Calm and Investigate: Neuroepidemiology Lessons From The Field
	2016: Professor Marc Lecuit, Institut Pasteur, France Clinical, Microbiological and Pathophysiological insights on neurolisteriosis
	2015: Professor Avindra Nath, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, USA Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges in Neurological Infections
	2014: Professor Israel Steiner, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel Para-infectious disorders of the nervous system
‌	2013: Professor Elizabeth Molyneux, OBE and Professor Malcolm Molyneux, OBE CNS infections on Malawian children
	2012: Professor Scott Letendre, University of California, San Diego Neurocognitive complications of HIV
	2011: Professor Angela Vincent, University of Oxford Antibody-mediated Encephalitis
	2010: Professor Richard Whitley, University of Alabama, USA Viral encephalitis Advances and new frontiers
	2009: Professor Mike Levin, Imperial College, London Can better understanding of inflammatory mechanisms lead to improved outcome in bacterial meningitis?
	2008: Dr Susan O’Connell, Southampton General Hospital Lyme Neuroborreliosis – the Greatest Controversy of the Day
	2007: Professor Peter Kennedy, University of Glasgow Varicella Zoster Virus Infections of the Nervous System