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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biomedical award
medical research award
public service award
alsoKnownAs Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
awardedForTo individuals
organizations
awardFor exceptional contributions to public health
leadership in medical research advocacy
outstanding public service in support of medical research
awardType non-monetary honor with citation and statuette
country United States
domain biomedical research funding advocacy
health policy
field biomedical science
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
scientific journals
hasMotto “America’s Nobels” (nickname of Lasker Awards as a group)
hasParentOrganization Lasker Foundation Board of Directors
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 Fauci
Bill Gates
Melinda French Gates
National Institutes of Health
World Health Organization
partOf Lasker Awards
presentedBy Lasker Foundation
relatedAward Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
selectionCriteria advocacy for biomedical research funding
impact on public understanding and support of medical research
improvement of public health policy
sponsor Lasker Foundation

Referenced by (11)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Anthony S. Fauci
Luther L. Terry ("Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award")
Luther L. Terry ("Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award")
Nancy Goodman Brinker ("Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award")
William H. Foege ("Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award")
awardReceived
Lasker Award for Public Service ("Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award")
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ("Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award")
relatedAward
Lasker Foundation ("Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award")
award
Lasker Award ("Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award")
hasPart
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ("Lasker Awards")
partOf
Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ("Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award")
relatedTo

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