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WFADHD</div></div> <div class="breadcrumb-main"><div class="breadcrumb-wrap"><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="/about-us/Who-we-are.html">About Us</a><span class="fa fa-angle-right"></span> Medal of the WFADHD </div></div></div> </div></div></div><div id="main" class="content-area"><div class="container"> <div class="neos-contentcollection"><div class="neos-nodetypes-headline headline--underline"><div><h1 style="text-align:center">The Medal of the World Federation of ADHD</h1></div></div><div class="neos-nodetypes-text"><div><h3>The Medal of the World Federation of ADHD was first awarded at the 3rd World Congress on ADHD in Berlin, Germany, in May 2011 by Congress President Prof. Dr. Warnke.</h3><h3>The silver medal was named after...</h3></div></div><div class="partial_section_wrap "><div class="partial_section_image"><img class="img-fluid" title="Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894)" alt="Medal of the World Federation of ADHD" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/d4dfb31c1db329687bf8c9b55803ab5a4e57ed9b/1200x675_Medaille_HG-uni%20%28002%29-570x321.jpg" width="570" height="321" /></div><div class="partial_section_content "><div class="ps_content"><div class="text-left"><div><h3>Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894)</h3></div><span class="gt-top-heading-v1-sep"></span></div><div><p>A German psychiatrist, poet and children's book author - amongst others, he wrote the famous Struwwelpeter in which ADHD-like symptoms are described. From 1851 until his retirement in 1888 he was the Director of the “Asylum for the Insane and Epileptic” in Frankfurt/ Main, the city's mental hospital. He is considered to be the first representative of child and adolescent psychiatry.</p></div><div></div></div></div></div><div class="neos-nodetypes-html"><p> </p></div><div class="neos-nodetypes-headline headline--underline"><div><h3 style="text-align:center">Awardees of the the Medal of the World Federation of ADHD</h3></div></div><div class="gt-history"><ul class="neos-contentcollection"><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2023</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Dr. Manfred Gerlach<br>University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany</span></h4><p><span>Also during the opening ceremony of the 9th World Congress on ADHD from 18 – 21 May 2023, Prof. Dr. Manfred Gerlach was awarded the Medal of the World Federation of ADHD for his outstanding contributions.  </span><span> </span><span>He was honored for his creativity, insights and leadership in improving the World Federation of ADHD and in designing meetings that have successfully educated thousands of clinicians and researchers and, in doing so, improved the lives of people with ADHD and their families.</span><span> </span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="Medal of the World Federation of ADHD awarded to Prof. Dr. M. Gerlach" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/fcbd8b69055262877b43cac8946691963a3243bf/Medal-of-the-World-Federation-of-ADHD_2023_Gerlach-485x343.jpg" width="485" height="343" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2023</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Dr. Rosemary Tannock<br>University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada</span></h4><p><span>During the opening ceremony of the 9th World Congress on ADHD held as an in-person event from 18 – 21 May 2023, Prof. Dr.Rosemary Tannopck was awarded the Medal of the World Federation of ADHD for a life devoted to clinical work, teaching and research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. </span><span> </span><span>Under her leadership at The Hospital for Sick Children and as a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at OISE/University of Toronto, she created innovative clinical research services for children and youth with ADHD. The cognitive, academic and language difficulties of these patients were systematically documented and she inspired many talented clinicians and scientists to push the boundaries of clinical work and research to make a measurable difference for these families.</span><span> </span><span> </span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="Medal of the World Federation of ADHD awarded to Prof. Dr. R. Tannock" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/121b3d4546551abbc02a3b35bb000fd5182fc855/Medal-of-the-World-Federation-of-ADHD_2023_Tannock-485x343.jpg" width="485" height="343" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2021</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Dr. Joseph Biederman<br>(deceased), (USA)</span></h4><p><span>During the opening ceremony of the 8th World Congress on ADHD held as a virtual congress from 6 – 9 May 2021, Prof. Dr. Joseph Biederman was awarded the Medal of the World Federation of ADHD for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the science and practice of ADHD. </span><span> </span><span>Dr. Biederman, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, was Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Massachusetts.</span><span> </span><span> </span></p><a class="more-link" href="/about-us/prof-dr-joseph-biederman.html" target="_self"><span>Read more</span></a></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="Medal of the World Federation of ADHD awarded to Prof. Dr. J. Biederman" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/414eeed62284c749cd35a55f65cf42a04af928ba/twitter_Medaille-485x273.png" width="485" height="273" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2019</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Dr. Yufeng Wang<br>Peking University, People's Republic of China</span></h4><p><span>During the opening ceremony of the 7th World Congress on ADHD in Lisbon, Portugal, in April 2019, Prof. Dr. Wang was awarded 4th medal. With this medal the World Federation of ADHD honours her life work, which is devoted to clinical work, teaching and research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. <br><br>Under her leadership, state-of-the-art clinical services for ADHD patients were implemented, which led to ADHD research flourishing, and many talented clinicians and scientists were trained to continue the mission of helping ADHD patients and their families.</span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="7th World Congress on ADHD" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/571c8c36bf6a28b963db5700daea2e662a2939a0/Header%20ADHD-Congress%202019-1824x640-485x170.jpg" width="485" height="170" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2017</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Joseph Sergeant<br>Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands</span></h4><p><span>The 3rd medal was awarded during the 6th World Congress on ADHD in Vancouver in April 2017. The presentation took place during the opening ceremony.<br><br>The World Federation of ADHD has honoured Prof Sergeant for his lifetime work in the field of ADHD.</span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="6th International Congress on ADHD" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/7299d3230bc8bd356c59880d099efcc154ff1519/1170x658px_ADHD2017-1170x611-485x253.jpg" width="485" height="253" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2015</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Paul Wender<br>(deceased), (USA)</span></h4><p><span>The 2nd medal of the World Federation was awarded to Prof. Wender during the opening ceremony of the 5th World Congress on ADHD in Glasgow in May 2015.</span><span><br><br>Professor Wender was born in Manhattan in 1934. Psychiatry has always played a significant role in his life, as his father was a psychiatrist with psychoanalytic training, which was the norm at that time. The WF of ADHD honoured Prof Wender for his lifetime work in the field of ADHD. Throughout his very successful career, Prof. Wender has been part of numerous academic appointments, including administrative responsibilities, committee assignments and participation in editorial boards. Furthermore, he came up with the idea of ADHD in adults. Prof. Wender began his studies on ADHD in adults in 1975, when the current knowledge stated that ADHD is a disorder in children that vanishes at puberty.</span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="5th World Congress on ADHD" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/3647e36d69c68e15205d57bebe9b3e9c64456025/1170x658_ADHD2015-485x273.jpg" width="485" height="273" /></div></div></div></li><li><div class="gt-cmpny-sep"></div><div class="gt-cmpny-text" style="width:93.10345%"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="gt-cmpny-year"><span>2011</span></div><h4><span>Prof. Dr. Eric Taylor<br>King's College London, UK</span></h4><p><span>In 2011, the award honoured the outstanding contributions of Prof. Taylor in the fields of clinical care, teaching and research for the benefit of individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Prof. Taylor is an emeritus professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at King's College London. <br><br>He has researched neuropsychiatric issues – especially, the causes and course of ADHD – and treated affected people, since 1971. He has been an honorary consultant at The Maudsley since 1977. Prof. Taylor chaired the NICE guidelines development group for ADHD; serves as Chair of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; and is also a Trustee of the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners and a Non-Executive Director of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. His research won the Ruane Prize for severe child psychopathologies from NARSAD and he is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. His publications include more than 200 scientific papers and several books. </span></p></div><div class="col-md-6"><img class="img-fluid" alt="3rd International Congress on ADHD" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Persistent/3ffb64ad99ae93643286cccc48e5c98c029fe8ce/1170x658_ADHD2011-1170x611-485x253.jpg" width="485" height="253" /></div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="row neos-nodetypes-threecolumn"><div class="col-md-4 neos-contentcollection"><div class="neos-nodetypes-html"><p> </p></div></div><div class="col-md-4 neos-contentcollection"><div class="glbt-services"><a href="https://twitter.com/ADHD_Congress" target="_blank" class="Icnbox_link"><div class="serviceIcn_style2a"><div class="services_icon2a red"><i class="fa fa- fab fa-x-twitter"></i></div><div class="sIcn_heading2a"><h3>Follow us on X</h3></div><div class="sIcn_content2a"><p style="text-align:center"><a rel="noopener" href="https://twitter.com/ADHD_Congress" target="_blank">@ADHD_Congress</a></p></div></div></a></div></div><div class="col-md-4 neos-contentcollection"></div></div></div> </div></div><div id="footer"><div class="footer-area-top"><div class="footer-wrapper container"><div class="section-text">Get our Newsletter</div><a href="https://utf8ssl.mailemm.com/form.action?agnCI=1058&agnFN=ADHD_en_doi_subscribe" class="section-button" target="_blank"> Subscribe now </a></div></div><div class="footer-area-middle"><div class="container"><div class="row"><aside class="col-md-4"><div class="footer-logo-margin"><a class="navbar-brand" href="/"><img src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Static/Packages/Globit.DefaultSite/images/logo.png?bust=b0b5d183" alt="From Child to Adult Disorder"></a><div class="slogan">From Child to Adult Disorder</div></div><div class="menu-footer-one-container"><div class="menu"><html xmlns:f="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/Fluid/ViewHelpers" xmlns:ts="http://typo3.org/ns/Neos/Fusion/ViewHelpers" xmlns:neos="http://typo3.org/ns/Neos/Neos/ViewHelpers"><ul><li class="normal"><a target="_self" href="/contact-us.html">Contact Us</a></li><li class="normal"><a target="_self" href="/legal-notice.html">Legal Notice</a></li><li class="normal"><a target="_self" href="/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li><li class="normal"><a target="_self" href="/cookie-declaration.html">Cookie Declaration</a></li></ul> </div></div></aside><aside class="col-md-4"><h3>Federation</h3><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-location-arrow fa-lg"></div><div class="details">World Federation of ADHD<br>c/o Wartmann & Merker<br>Kirchgasse 48<br>CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland</div></div><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-envelope fa-lg"></div><div class="more-link"><a href="mailto:adhd@cpo-hanser.de">adhd@cpo-hanser.de</a></div></div></aside><aside class="col-md-4"><h3>Congress</h3><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-location-arrow fa-lg"></div><div class="details">CPO HANSER SERVICE<br /> Hanser & Co GmbH<br /> Zum Ehrenhain 34<br /> 22885 Barsbüttel, Germany</div></div><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-phone fa-lg"></div><div class="details">+49 40 670882-0</div></div><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-envelope fa-lg"></div><div class="more-link"><a href="mailto:adhd2023@cpo-hanser.de">adhd2023@cpo-hanser.de</a></div></div><div class="footer-contact-block"><div class="fa fa-globe fa-lg"></div><div class="more-link"><a href="https://www.adhd-congress.org/" target="_blank">www.adhd-congress.org</a></div></div></aside></div></div></div><div class="footer-area-bottom text-center"><html xmlns:f="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/Fluid/ViewHelpers" xmlns:neos="http://typo3.org/ns/Neos/Neos/ViewHelpers" xmlns:media="http://typo3.org/ns/Neos/Media/ViewHelpers"> © 2024 ADHD Federation </div></div></div><script src="https://libs.globit.com/cdnjs/ajax/libs/bootstrap/4.6.2/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script><script src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Static/Packages/Globit.DefaultSite/js/main.min.js?bust=39ac0025"></script><script data-neos-node="/sites/site/node-goxgdytqrstpj/node-ucgn3v7wy2mls@live" src="https://www.adhd-federation.org/_Resources/Static/Packages/Neos.Neos/JavaScript/LastVisitedNode.js?bust=45f0ece1" async></script></body></html>