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]
- 2024: Jeffrey I. Gordon[6]
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
- ^ Nemmers Prize in Medical Science 2024
- 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