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Rockefeller University

Awards & Honors
Sohail Tavazoie becomes a member of the National Academy of Medicine
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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 & Honors

2022 The Royal Society
Titia de Lange
de Lange receives the honor for elucidating mechanisms of telomere protection and genome maintenance.
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Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
Shixin Liu
Liu is honored for his use of single-molecule techniques to understand the mechanisms of the molecular machines in gene replication and expression.
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Albany Medical Center Prize
C. David Allis
Allis receives the honor for discovering new mechanisms regulating gene expression.
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Blavatnik Regional Award Winner
Josefina del Mármol
A former member of the Ruta Lab, del Mármol receives the honor for her research leading to the first-ever molecular images of an olfactory receptor …
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Hanna Gray Fellow
Begüm Aydin
Aydin, of the Mucida lab, receives HHMI’s prestigious fellowship for exceptional early career scientists.
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Hanna Gray Fellow
Alain Bonny
Bonny, of the Fuchs lab, receives HHMI’s prestigious fellowship for exceptional early career scientists.
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Kober Medal
Richard P. Lifton
Lifton is recognized for a lifetime of contributions in science and mentorship.
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NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Viviana I. Risca
American Philosophical Society
Leslie B. Vosshall
ASCI/Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Allen Distinguished Investigator
Li Zhao
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova
Salk Institute Medal for Research Excellence
Cori Bargmann
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Junyue Cao
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Viviana I. Risca
Searle Scholar
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova
Fellow Member of Optica
Alipasha Vaziri
National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
Jeffrey V. Ravetch
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Sohail Tavazoie
Tri-Institutional Breakout Award
Tomasz Ahrends
Tri-Institutional Breakout Award
Kevin Gonzales
American Society of Clinical Investigation
Sohail Tavazoie

Awards by Year

2022 Awards
2021 Awards
All Awards

Awards given by The Rockefeller University

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Pearl Meister Greengard Award

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an international award recognizing outstanding women in biomedical research.

The 2022 recipient is Katalin Karikó, Ph.D., who will be honored for her fundamental discoveries that enabled development of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines.

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Lewis Thomas Prize

The Lewis Thomas Prize is an international award for writing about science that honors the rare individuals who bridge the worlds of science and the humanities.

The 2022 awardee, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, is a social psychologist who investigates the consequences of the psychological association between race and crime in Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do.