This award is endowed by Dr. Robert Suskind and his wife, Leslie Lewinter-Suskind.

Award Information

Recognizes a clinician or investigator who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of pediatric nutrition, particularly to the role of childhood nutrition in health and disease. The recipient’s impact will have been global, resulting in scientifically verified improvements in children’s health and/or innovative successful treatments for conditions such as childhood malnutrition or obesity.

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