The winner of the 2010 award is Moussa B. H. Youdim, Finkelstein Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Pharmacology,  director of the Eve Topf and US National Parkinson Foundation at the Centers of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases Research and Teaching and the Technion-Rappaport Family Faculty of Medicine and Rappaport Institute in Haifa, Israel.

Over nearly 50 years in the field, Moussa Youdim has gained a worldwide reputation for research in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
He is especially known for his key role in establishing the importance of the monoamine oxidase A & B and their connection to abnormal brain iron metabolism and the role of brain iron in the pathogenesis of these diseases and in brain function and dysfunction. Moussa Youdim has pursued this research into the clinic, with the development of novel medicines for neurodegenerative diseases.