Lasker Award for Public Service
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The Lasker Award for Public Service is a prestigious biomedical honor recognizing individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to public health and medical research advocacy.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasker Award for Public Service Context triple: [Anthony S. Fauci, awardReceived, Lasker Award for Public Service]
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A.
Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
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B.
Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
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C.
Peabody Career Achievement Award
The Peabody Career Achievement Award is a special honor recognizing individuals whose body of work has made an enduring and significant impact on broadcasting and digital media storytelling.
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D.
Charles E. Merriam Award
The Charles E. Merriam Award is a distinguished honor in political science recognizing outstanding contributions that bridge academic research and practical politics.
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E.
National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal is the Academy’s most prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to the public’s understanding and use of science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lasker Award for Public Service Target entity description: The Lasker Award for Public Service is a prestigious biomedical honor recognizing individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to public health and medical research advocacy.
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A.
Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
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B.
Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
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C.
Peabody Career Achievement Award
The Peabody Career Achievement Award is a special honor recognizing individuals whose body of work has made an enduring and significant impact on broadcasting and digital media storytelling.
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D.
Charles E. Merriam Award
The Charles E. Merriam Award is a distinguished honor in political science recognizing outstanding contributions that bridge academic research and practical politics.
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E.
National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal is the Academy’s most prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to the public’s understanding and use of science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomedical award
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medical research award ⓘ public service award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
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surface form:
Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
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| awardedForTo |
individuals
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organizations ⓘ |
| awardFor |
exceptional contributions to public health
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leadership in medical research advocacy ⓘ outstanding public service in support of medical research ⓘ |
| awardType | non-monetary honor with citation and statuette ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| domain |
biomedical research funding advocacy
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health policy ⓘ |
| field |
biomedical science
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medical research advocacy ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | science and medicine award ⓘ |
| hasAwardCategory | Public Service in support of medical research and public health ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverageIn |
major news outlets
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scientific journals ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
Lasker Award
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surface form:
“America’s Nobels” (nickname of Lasker Awards as a group)
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| hasParentOrganization |
Lasker Foundation
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surface form:
Lasker Foundation Board of Directors
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| hasSelectionBody | Lasker Public Service Award Jury ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://laskerfoundation.org ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the most prestigious American biomedical awards ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Albert Lasker ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Anthony S. Fauci
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surface form:
Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates ⓘ Melinda French Gates ⓘ National Institutes of Health ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lasker Award
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surface form:
Lasker Awards
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| presentedBy | Lasker Foundation ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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surface form:
Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Lasker Award for Public Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ
surface form:
Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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| selectionCriteria |
advocacy for biomedical research funding
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impact on public understanding and support of medical research ⓘ improvement of public health policy ⓘ |
| sponsor | Lasker Foundation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lasker Award for Public Service Description of subject: The Lasker Award for Public Service is a prestigious biomedical honor recognizing individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to public health and medical research advocacy.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lasker Awards
this entity surface form:
Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award
subject surface form:
William H. Foege
this entity surface form:
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
Lasker Award for Public Service
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relatedAward
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Lasker Award for Public Service
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
subject surface form:
Luther L. Terry
this entity surface form:
Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
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relatedAward
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Lasker Award for Public Service
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this entity surface form:
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker Public Service Award
subject surface form:
Lasker Award
this entity surface form:
Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award