a l b e r t a n d m a r y l a s k e r f o u n dat i o n

110 East 42nd StreetSuite 1300New York, ny 10017

tel 212 286-0222fax 212 286-0924www.laskerfoundation.org

james w. fordyceChairman

neen hunt, ed.d.President

mrs. anne b. fordyceVice President

christopher w. brodyTreasurer

w. michael brownSecretary

jordan u. gutterman, m.d.RepresentativeAlbert Lasker Medical ResearchAwards Program

purnell w. choppin, m.d.

daniel e. koshland, jr., ph.d.

mrs. william mccormick blair, jr.the honorable mark o. hatfiedDirectors Emeritus

November 3, 2003

Greetings:

On behalf of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, I invite you to submit a nomination

for the 2004 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards.

The Awards will be offered in three categories: Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical

Research, and Special Achievement in Medical Science. This is the 59th year of these

awards. Since the program was first established in 1944, 68 Lasker Laureates have later

won Nobel Prizes. Additional information on previous Lasker Laureates can be found

online at our web site http://www.laskerfoundation.org.

Nominations that have been made in previous years may be updated and resubmitted in

accordance with the instructions on page 2 of this nomination booklet.

Nominations should be received by the Foundation no later than February 2, 2004.

A distinguished panel of jurors will select the scientists to be honored. The 2004 Albert

Lasker Medical Research Awards will be presented at a luncheon ceremony given by the

Foundation in New York City on Friday, October 1, 2004.

Sincerely,

Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.

Chairman, Awards Jury

Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards

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2004A L B E R T L A S K E R M E D I C A L R E S E A R C H AWA R D S

P U R P O S E A N D D E S C R I P T I O N O F T H E AWA R D S

The major purpose of these Awards is to recognize and honor individuals who have made signifi-

cant contributions in basic or clinical research in diseases that are the main cause of death and

disability. The Award winners may reside in any country of the world.

The Awards are intended to recognize contributions that have opened new fields of research, advanc-

ing novel concepts or their applications in a particular biomedical discipline. These advances may

consist of a specific contribution or a long series of contributions that demonstrate the nominee’s

significant leadership towards the development of research concepts or their clinical application.

A list of previous recipients of the Lasker Awards in Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical

Research and Special Achievement in Medical Science is included at the end of this booklet.

Each Award consists of an honorarium, a citation and an inscribed statuette of the Winged Victory

of Samothrace, symbolizing victory over death and disease.

When the Award is given to more than one individual in a category, the honorarium will be divided

among the winners, and each will receive a statuette and a citation. More than one scientist may be

nominated if they have worked as a team, or if they independently have made comparable contri-

butions in their field. No more than three individuals will be considered for an Award in the basic

or clinical category.

The Jurors’ evaluations of the contributions of the nominees depend heavily on the information

supplied in the nomination forms. Therefore, the nomination should be accurate, detailed, current

and complete. Supporting letters that specifically address the nominee’s scientific accomplishments

will be helpful to the Jury.

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Basic Medical Research Award ($50,000)

This Award honors the scientist or scientists who have made fundamental investigations that open

new areas of biomedical science.

Clinical Medical Research Award ($50,000)

This Award honors the scientist or scientists whose contributions, directly or indirectly, have led

to the improvement of the clinical management or treatment of patients and to the alleviation or

elimination of one of the major medical causes of disability or death.

Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ($25,000)

This Award was inaugurated in 1996. It honors a scientist whose contributions to research are of

unique magnitude and immeasurable influence on the course of science, health, or medicine, and

whose professional career has engendered within the biomedical community the deepest feelings of awe

and respect.

N O M I N AT I O N I N F O R M AT I O N R E Q U I R E D F O R M E D I C A L R E S E A R C H AWA R D S

1) For all nominations, on page 5 please provide a suggested short citation which highlights the

research for which you wish your nominee(s)’s to be recognized, and provide a short summary of

the nominee(s)’s scientific contributions.

2) Questions 1 and 2 (on pages 6 and 7) apply only to Basic and Clinical Award nominations.

3) Nominators for the Special Achievement Award should utilize only pages 4, 5, and 8 from this

booklet, and should follow other instructions below.

4) Please provide the following additional information:

a) a brief one-page biography including awards received by each nominee;

b) on an additional page, a list of six (6) peer-reviewed journal references that substantiate the state-

ments made in your nomination. DO NOT send reprints.

5) Supporting letters from colleagues familiar with the nominee(s)’s work can be either included with

the nomination package or mailed separately.

6) No nominations or support letters are automatically carried forward from previous years. If you wish

to renominate a previous candidate, please update the earlier nomination and resubmit it by com-

pleting this 2004 nomination form. The 2004 nomination should contain all the pertinent previous

material submitted, including updated letters of support, and any significant developments in the

research contributions which have occurred since the nomination was last submitted. Complete,

updated information should be included to permit review of each nomination without reference to

previous nominations.

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7) Submit ONE (1) ORIGINAL and TWO (2) COPIES of the above requested information. Please do not

staple or bind any of the material you are submitting. Instead, using binder clips, please arrange

each set in the following order: the completed nomination forms; the brief one-page biography; the

list of six peer-reviewed journal references; and any enclosed support letters.

8) Submit ONE COPY of a complete curriculum vitae, including publications, of each nominee.

9) The nomination and supporting letters should be received by the Foundation no later than February

2, 2004.

M A I L T H E C O M P L E T E D N O M I N AT I O N T O :

Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards

110 East 42nd Street, Suite 1300

New York, NY 10017

Attention: David Keegan

F O R I N F O R M AT I O N O R A D D I T I O N A L N O M I N AT I O N F O R M S ,

P L E A S E N O T I F Y D AV I D K E E G A N AT T H E F O U N D AT I O N :

Phone: 212-286-0222

Fax: 212-286-0924

E-mail: dkeegan@laskerfoundation.org

Please note that nomination forms may be downloaded from our website

(www.laskerfoundation.org) for printing purposes only.

Nominations should be received by the Foundation no later than February 2, 2004.

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Please check the appropriate Award.

Basic Medical Research Award (no more than 3 nominees)

Clinical Medical Research Award (no more than 3 nominees)

Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (1 nominee only)

N O M I N E E

N O M I N E E

N O M I N E E

N O M I N AT O R

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S U G G E S T E D C I TAT I O N F O R N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S AWA R D (35 words or less).

N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S N A M E ( S )

S U M M A RY O F N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S S C I E N T I F I C C O N T R I B U T I O N S (150 words or less).

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Please answer the following two questions regarding the nominee(s)’s scientific contributions.

1) W H Y D O E S T H E N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S W O R K R E P R E S E N T A M A J O R A D VA N C E I N E I T H E R T H E

B A S I C O R C L I N I C A L S C I E N C E S A N D W H AT A R E H I S O R H E R O R I G I N A L C O N T R I B U T I O N S

T H AT L E D T O T H I S A D VA N C E ?

N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S N A M E ( S )

L I M I T R E S P O N S E T O N O M O R E T H A N 2 P A G E S

N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S N A M E ( S )

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2) W H O I N Y O U R O P I N I O N S H O U L D S H A R E I N T H I S AWA R D A N D W H Y ?

N O M I N E E ( S ) ’ S N A M E ( S )

L I M I T R E S P O N S E T O T H I S P A G E

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N O M I N AT I O N F O R S P E C I A L A C H I E V E M E N T I N M E D I C A L S C I E N C E AWAR D .

Please highlight the outstanding achievements of the individual whom you are nominating as well as

your reason why he or she is deserving of recognition from the Lasker Foundation.

N O M I N E E ’ S N A M E

L I M I T R E S P O N S E T O T H I S P A G E

B A S I C R E S E A R C H

AWA R D S

2003Robert G. Roeder

2002James E. RothmanRandy W. Schekman

2001Mario CapecchiMartin J. EvansOliver Smithies

2000Aaron CiechanoverAvram HershkoAlexander Varshavsky

1999Clay M. ArmstrongBertil HilleRoderick MacKinnon*

1998Lee Hartwell*Yoshio MasuiPaul Nurse*

1997Mark S. Ptashne

1996Robert F. Furchgott*Ferid Murad*

1995Peter C. Doherty*Jack L. StromingerEmil R. UnanueDon C. WileyRolf M. Zinkernagel*

1994Stanley B. Prusiner*

1993Günter Blobel*

1991Edward B. Lewis*Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard*

1989Michael J. BerridgeAlfred G. Gilman*Edwin G. Krebs*Yasutomi Nishizuka

1988Thomas R. Cech*Phillip A. Sharp*

1987Leroy HoodPhilip LederSusumu Tonegawa*

1986Rita Levi-Montalcini*Stanley Cohen*

1985Michael S. Brown*Joseph L. Goldstein*

1984Michael PotterGeorges J. F. Köhler*César Milstein*

1983Eric R. Kandel*Vernon B. Mountcastle

1982J. Michael Bishop*Raymond L. EriksonHidesaburo HanafusaHarold E. Varmus*Robert C. Gallo

1981Barbara McClintock*

1980Paul Berg*Herbert W. BoyerStanley N. CohenA. Dale Kaiser

1979Walter Gilbert.*Frederick Sanger*Roger Wolcott Sperry*

1978Hans W. KosterlitzJohn HughesSolomon H. Snyder

1977K. Sune D. Bergström*Bengt Samuelsson*John R.Vane*

1976Rosalyn S.Yalow*

1975Roger C.L. Guillemin*Andrew V. Schally*Frank J. DixonHenry G. Kunkel

1974Ludwik GrossHoward E. SkipperSol SpiegelmanHoward M. Temin*

1971Seymour BenzerSydney Brenner*Charles Yanofsky

1970Earl W. Sutherland*

1969Bruce Merrifield*

1968Marshall W. Nirenberg*H. Gobind Khorana*William F. Windle

1967Bernard B. Brodie

1966George E. Palade*

1965Robert W. Holley*

1964Renato Dulbecco*Harry Rubin

A L B E R T L A S K E R M E D I C A L R E S E A R C H AWA R D S

1 9 4 6 - 2 0 0 3 W I N N E R S

1963Lyman C. Craig

1962Choh H. Li

1960M.H.F. Wilkins*F.H.C. Crick*James D.Watson*James V. NeelL.S. PenroseErnest RuskaJames Hillier

1959Albert CoonsJules Freund

1958Peyton Rous*Theodore PuckAlfred D. Hershey*Gerhard SchrammHeinz Fraenkel-ConratIrvine H. Page

1957Isaac Starr

1956Karl MeyerFrancis O. Schmitt

1955Karl Paul LinkCarl J. Wiggers

1954Edwin B. AstwoodJohn F. Enders*Albert Szent-Gyorgyi*

1953Hans A. Krebs*Michael HeidelbergerGeorge Wald*

1952Sir F. MacFarlane Burnet*

* Denotes Nobel PrizeWinner

1951Karl F. Meyer

1950George Wells Beadle*

1949André Cournand*William S. TillettL.R. Christensen

1948Vincent du Vigneaud*Selman A. Waksman*René J. Dubos

1947Oswald T. AveryThomas Francis, Jr.Homer Smith

1946Carl Ferdinand Cori *

C L I N I C A L R E S E A R C H

AWA R D S

2003Marc FeldmannRavinder N. Maini

2002Willem J. KolffBelding H. Scribner

2001Robert G. Edwards

2000Harvey J.AlterMichael Houghton

1999David W. CushmanMiguel A. Ondetti

1998Alfred J. Knudson, Jr.Peter C. NowellJanet C. Rowley

1997Alfred Sommer

1996Porter Warren Anderson Jr.David H. SmithJohn B. RobbinsRachel Schneerson

1995Barry J. Marshall

1994John Allen Clements

1993Donald Metcalf

1991Yuet Wai Kan

1989Etienne-Emile Baulieu

1988Vincent P. Dole

1987Mogens Schou

1986Myron EssexRobert C. GalloLuc Montagnier

1985Bernard Fisher

1984Paul C. Lauterbur*

1983F. Mason Sones, Jr.

1982Roscoe O. BradyElizabeth F. Neufeld

1981Louis Sokoloff

1980Professor Sir Cyril A. ClarkeRonald FinnVincent J. FredaJohn G. GormanWilliam Pollack

1978Michael HeidelbergerRobert AustrianEmil C. Gotschlich

1977Inge G. EdlerC. Hellmuth Hertz

1976Raymond P. AhlquistJ. W. Black*

1975Godfrey N. Hounsfield*William Oldendorf

1974 John Charnley

1973Paul M. ZollWilliam B. Kouwenhoven

1972Min Chiu LiRoy HertzDenis BurkittJoseph H. BurchenalV. Anomah NguJohn L. ZieglerEdmund KleinEmil Frei IIIEmil J. FreireichJames F. HollandDonald PinkelPaul P. CarboneVincent T. DeVita, Jr.Eugene J. Van ScottIsaac DjerassiC. Gordon Zubrod

1965Albert B. Sabin

1964Nathan S. Kline

1963Michael E. DeBakeyCharles Huggins*

1962Joseph E. Smadel

1960Karl Paul LinkIrving S. WrightEdgar V. Allen

1959John Holmes DingleGilbert DalldorfRobert E. Gross

1958Robert W. Wilkins

1957Rustom Jal VakilNathan S. KlineRobert H. NoceHenri LaboritPierre DenikerHeinz E. LehmannRichard E. Shope

1956Louis N. KatzJonas E. SalkV. Everett KinseyArnall Patz

1955C. Walton LilleheiMorley CohenHerbert E. WardenRichard L. VarcoThe Hoffmann-La Roche

Research LaboratoriesSquibb Institute for Medical

ResearchEdward H. RobitzekIrving SelikoffWalsh McDermottCarl Muschenheim

* Denotes Nobel PrizeWinner

1954Alfred BlalockHelen B. Taussig

and Robert E. Gross

1953Paul Dudley White

1952Conrad A. ElvehjemFrederick S. McKayH. Trendley Dean

1951Elise L’EsperanceCatherine MacfarlaneWilliam G. LennoxFrederic A. Gibbs

1950George Papanicolaou

1949Max Theiler*Edward C. Kendall*Philip S. Hench*

1946John Friend MahoneyCarl Landsteiner*

(posthumously)Alexander S. WienerPhilip Levine

S P E C I A L A C H I E V E M E N T

I N M E D I C A L S C I E N C E

2002James E. Darnell. Jr.

2000Sydney Brenner*

1999Seymour S. Kety

1998Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.

1997Victor A. McKusick

1996Paul C. Zamecnik

1994Maclyn McCarty

P U B L I C S E RV I C E

AWA R D S

2003Christopher Reeve

2001William H. Foege

2000Betty FordHarold P. FreemanDavid J. MahoneyThe Science Times of The New

York TimesCongressman John Edward Porter

1995The Honorable Mark O. Hatfield

1993Paul G. Rogers, Esq.Nancy S.Wexler

1991Robin Chandler DukeThomas P. O’Neill, Jr.

1989Lewis Thomas

1988Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.,

United States Senator

1986Dr. Ma Haide (George Hatem)

1985Lane W. AdamsAnn Landers—Eppie Lederer

1984Henry J. Heimlich

1983Maurice R. HillemanSaul Krugman

1979Sir John Wilson

1978The Honorable Elliot L.

RichardsonTheodore Cooper

1976World Health Organization

1975Jules Stein

1973Warren Magnuson,

United States Senator

1968Lister Hill, United States Senator

1967Representative Claude Pepper

1966Eunice Kennedy Shriver

1965Lyndon Baines Johnson,

President of the United States

1963Congressman Melvin R. LairdCongressman Oren Harris

1960John B. GrantAbel Wolman

1959Maurice Pate

1958Basil O’Connor

1957Frank G. BoudreauC.J.Van SlykeReginald M. Atwater

(posthumously)

1956William P. Shepard

1955Robert D. DefriesThe Menninger Foundation—

Drs. Karl and William Menninger

Nursing Services of the U.S.Public Health Service—Lucile Petry Leone

Pearl McIverMargaret G. Arnstein

1954Leona Baumgartner

1953Felix J. UnderwoodEarle B. Phelps

(posthumously)

1952G. Brock ChisholmHoward A. Rusk

1951Florence R. Sabin

1950Eugene Lindsay Bishop

1949Marion W. Sheahan

1948R.E. Dyer, M.D.Martha M. Eliot

1947Alice Hamilton

1946Alfred Newton RichardsFred L. Soper

* Denotes Nobel PrizeWinner