Awards & Honors
C. David Allis wins 2018 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Our scientists are remarkably productive and empowered to perform at their best. That’s why we have an unparalleled concentration of researchers and trainees recognized with top awards—including the world’s most prestigious bioscience prizes.
Recent Awards
2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
Michael W. Young
Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which governs biological clocks that regulate sleep, eating behavior, and metabolism, is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, given by the Nobel Foundation.
2017 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
Cori Bargmann
Bargmann is honored for her research exploring how genes and the environment interact to generate a variety of behaviors, and how behavioral decisions are modified by context and experience.
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Shixin Liu
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Jeremy M. Rock
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Gabriel D. Victora
Blavatnik Regional Award, winner in life sciences
Shruti Naik
Blavatnik Regional Award, winner in life sciences
Zhe Zhang
Pershing Square Sohn Prize
Kivanç Birsoy
Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
Winrich Freiwald
Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Lillian Cohn
Fondation IPSEN Endocrine Regulations Prize,
Bruce S. McEwen
LONGLIST FOR THE NATURE RESEARCH AWARD FOR INSPIRING SCIENCE
Shruti Naik
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE EMERGING LEADER IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Sohail Tavazoie
Pew Scholar
Gregory M. Alushin
PEW-STEWART SCHOLAR FOR CANCER RESEARCH
Kivanç Birsoy
IRMA T. HIRSCHL TRUST AND THE MONIQUE WEILL-CAULIER TRUST
Priya Rajasethupathy
SEARLE SCHOLAR
Priya Rajasethupathy
