This award is endowed by Dr. George A. Bray and his wife, Marilyn M. Bray. 

Award Information

Presented to a physician, clinician or investigator who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of obesity research. This award is designed to recognize an individual whose lifetime body of work includes meaningful contributions and/or demonstration of highly original, sustained, and reproducible scholarship that has made major contributions to the understanding of the causes, treatment and/or prevention of obesity.  

The honoree will deliver a lecture at NUTRITION 2026, July 25 – 28 July 2026, in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC.