American medical science award
In 1945 Albert Lasker and Mary Woodard Lasker created the Lasker Awards. Every year since then the award has been given to the living person considered to have made the greatest contribution to medical science or who has demonstrated public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation. The Lasker is sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels".
The Lasker Awards have gained a reputation for identifying future winners of the Nobel Prize. Eighty-six Lasker laureates have received the Nobel Prize, including 32 in the last two decades.[1][2] Claire Pomeroy is the current president of the Lasker Foundation.
Award
The award is given in four branches of medical science:[1]
- Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award (Renamed in 2011 from Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award. Renamed in 2000 from Albert Lasker Public Service Award.)
- Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (1994– renamed to that name in 2008) (optional)
The awards carry an honorarium of $250,000 for each category.[3]
A collection of papers from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation were donated to the National Library of Medicine by Mrs. Albert D. Lasker in April 1985.[4]
In addition to the main awards, there are historical awards that are no longer awarded.[5]
Recent awards
Recent winners include the following:
Historical awards
Awards no longer made include Special Public Health Awards, Special Awards, Group Awards, and Lasker Awards made by the International Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, the National Committee Against Mental Illness, and Planned Parenthood – World Population.[5] Awards were also presented for medical journalism.[5]
Special Public Health awards
Special awards
Group awards
International Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled
- 1954 – Henry H. Kessler, Juan Farill, Viscount Nuffield
- 1957 – Howard A. Rusk, Fabian W. G. Langenskiold, World Veterans Federation
- 1960 – Mary E. Switzer, Gudmund Harlem, Paul W. Brand
- 1963 – Renato de Costa Bomfim, Kurt Jansson, Leonard W. Mayo
- 1966 – Poul Stochholm, Wiktor Dega, Eugene J. Taylor
- 1969 – Gustav Gringas, Mr and Mrs Raden Soeharso, Andre Trannoy, International Labour Organization
- 1972 – James F. Garrett, Kamala V. Nimbkar, Jean Regniers
National Committee Against Mental Illness
Planned Parenthood – World Population
- 1945 – John McLeod, Felix J. Underwood
- 1946 – Robert Latou Dickinson, Irl Cephas Riggin
- 1947 – Alan F. Guttmacher, Abraham Stone
- 1948 – John Rock, Richard N. Pierson
- 1949 – George M. Cooper, Carl G. Hartman
- 1950 – Margaret Sanger, Bessie L. Moses
- 1951 – Guy Irving Burch, William Vogt
- 1952 – John William Roy Norton, Herbert Thoms, Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury
- 1953 – Harry Emerson Fosdick, Elise Ottesen-Jensen
- 1954 – Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, M. C. Chang, Howard C. Taylor
- 1955 – Warren O. Nelson, Robert Carter Cook
- 1958 – Harrison S. Brown
- 1959 – Julian Huxley
- 1960 – Gregory Pincus
- 1961 – John D. Rockefeller, III
- 1964 – Cass Canfield
- 1965 – C. Lee Buxton, Estelle T. Griswold
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Lasker Awards Overview". Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ a b The Lasker Foundation – 2008 Special Achievement Award
- ^ "The Lasker Awards Media page". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- ^ "Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation - Albert Lasker Awards Archives (1944-)". National Library of Medicine.
- ^ a b c "Historical Archive: Awards No Longer Given by the Foundation". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2023 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2023 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2023 Special Achievement
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2022 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2022 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2022 Public Service
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2021 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2021 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2021 Special Achievement
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2019 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2019 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2019 Public Service Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2017 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2016 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2016 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2016 Special Achievement
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2015 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2015 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2015 Public Service Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2013 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2013 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2013 Public Service
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2012 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2012 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2012 Special Achievement Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2011 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2011 Clinical Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2011 Public Service Award Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2010 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2010 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2011-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2010 Special Achievement Award Archived 2011-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2009 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2009 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2009-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2009 Public Service Award Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2008 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2008 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2007 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2007 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2007 Public Service Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2006 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2006 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2006 Special Achievement Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2005 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2005 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2005 Public Service Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2004 Basic Medical Research Award
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2004 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2004 Special Achievement Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2003 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2003 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2003 Public Service Award Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2002 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2002 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2002 Special Achievement Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2001 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2001 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2001 Public Service Award Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2000 Basic Medical Research Award Archived 2015-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2000 Clinical Medical Research Award Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Lasker Foundation – 2000 Special Achievement Award
- ^ "The Albert Lasker Awards for 1960". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 50 (12): 1948. 1960. doi:10.2105/AJPH.50.12.1946. PMC 1373507. PMID 18017803.
External links
- The Lasker Foundation – Official site
- Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation – Albert Lasker Awards Archives (1944–) – National Library of Medicine finding aid