The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, established in 2016, is awarded every other year by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The recipient is "a physician-scientist whose body of research exhibits outstanding achievement in their discipline as demonstrated by works of lasting significance".[1] The winner is determined by a jury of biomedical scientists and receives $350,000. The award is one of five Nemmers Prizes awarded by the University, created as a gift to Northwestern by the late brothers Erwin Esser Nemmers and Frederic Esser Nemmers.
Nominations for the 2024 award are being accepted through November 1, 2023.
Awardees edit
The following recipients have received this award:
- 2016: Huda Zoghbi, MD[2]
- 2018: Stuart Orkin, MD[3]
- 2020: Not awarded[4]
- 2022: Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Nemmers Prize in Medical Science". Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Professor Huda Zoghbi to Receive the Inaugural Nemmers Prize in Medical Science". WIA Report. February 11, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Azvolinsky, Anna (July 15, 2019). "In Our Blood: A Profile of Stuart Orkin". The Scientist. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Prize Recipients". www.feinberg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Laureate 2022
- Northwestern University's web page describing the origin of the Prize and biographical notes on Nemmers
- Northwestern University's web page describing the Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
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