Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

American award for medical research accomplishments

The Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award is one of the four Lasker Awards given by the Lasker Foundation for medical research in the United States. The first award was given in 1994; it is not awarded every year. In 2008, the award was renamed the Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science in honor of Daniel E. Koshland Jr.^[1]

Recipients

Source: The Lasker Foundation - Awards

1994: Maclyn McCarty
1996: Paul Zamecnik
1997: Victor A. McKusick
1998: Daniel E. Koshland Jr.
1999: Seymour S. Kety
2000: Sydney Brenner
2002: James E. Darnell
2004: Matthew Meselson
2006: Joseph G. Gall
2008: Stanley Falkow
2010: David Weatherall
2012: Donald D. Brown and Tom Maniatis^[2]
2014: Mary-Claire King
2016: Bruce M. Alberts^[3]
2018: Joan Argetsinger Steitz
2021: David Baltimore
2023: Piet Borst

References

^ "Discoverers of Small Regulatory RNAs and Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs to Receive Lasker Awards for Medical Research". MarketWatch. 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
^ The Lasker Foundation - 2012 Special Achievement Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lasker Awards 2016