Congratulations

2002 Pasarow Award Winner - Cancer Research

Roger D. Kornberg, PhD
2006 Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription"

2003 Pasarow Award Winner - Cancer Research

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD
Co-Recipient (with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak) of the 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research "For the prediction and discovery of telomerase, a remarkable RNA-containing enzyme that synthesizes the ends of chromosomes, protecting them and maintaining the integrity of the genome."

2006 Awards for Extraordinary Accomplishment in Medical Research

The Foundation has established three yearly medical prizes for distinguished accomplishment in research in order to increase public awareness of vital areas of investigation. This is the twentieth year of the awards program. Each award is for $50,000, presented directly to the awardee. The three prizes - one in each of the three fields - are given for basic and/or clinical research.

Cancer: including basic cellular processes and the various forms of cancer.

Cardiovascular: including disorders of the heart and vascular system.

Neuropsychiatry: including neuroscience of neurologic and mental disorders.

The criterion for the Pasarow Medical Research Awards is evidence of extraordinary accomplishment and the likelihood of continuing outstanding achievement in biomedical science.