For more detailed information on the background of the WMS Prizes click here.

Image is a group of nine people standing side by side, each holding a certificate. Behind them on the screen is a list of names of WMS prizewinners

Image is a montage of pictures of prizewinners receiving their certificates and shaking hands with WMS President, Volker Straub

President’s Prize – Emerging Myologist of the Year

Mridul Johari

President’s Prize – First Time Presenter

Kathryn Irving

Aldrin Pedroza Martins

President’s Prize –Basic Science

Kexin Jiao

Ricardo Galli

WMS Allied Health Prize

Roberta Muni Lofra

Duchenne Research Fund Award

Luca Bello

Léa Rose Award

Heike Kölbel

Elsevier Awards:

Maria Francesca Di Feo

Lingya Qiao

Gianni Giarrano

Bianca Buchignani

Siti Aisyah Safitri Simatupang

Konstantina Tetorou

Elsevier runner-up prizes:

Felipe Jones

Yvan De Feraudy

Xiaoqing Lyu

Sebastian Fantini

Emma Frair

Lianne Potters

Lina-Isabell Schmitt

Johanna Ranta-aho

Eline Lemerle

Akiko Takahashi

Berta Estévez-Arias

Vera Dobelmann

Félix Andújar-Sánchez

Anne-Fleur Schneider

Anthea Lee

Roy Augustinus

Vera Getmachuk-Zaporoshchenko

Sandra De Haan

Emily Hayes

Emna Farhat

Published on 5 November 2025.

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