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  2. Canada Gairdner International Award
  3. 1981
  4. Wai Yiu Cheung

Wai Yiu Cheung

For their discovery of calmodulin.

Biology

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Affiliated at time of winning

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, United States

Shared with

  • Bengt I. Samuelsson
  • César Milstein
  • Elizabeth F. Neufeld
  • Georges J. F. Köhler
  • Jerry H-C Wang
  • Joseph L. Goldstein
  • Michael S. Brown
  • Saul Roseman

Facts

Birth
1933-07-15
Birth city
Guangzhou
Birth country
China
Citizenship
United States
Death
1998
WDATA
Q15451057
OpenAlex
A5111734250
ROR
02r3e0967

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updated: 2026-08-04