Prix Lasker 1952 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Frank Macfarlane Burnet

   Biologie

   For fundamentally modifying our knowledge of viruses and the inheritance of characteristics by viruses.

2. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   G. Brock Chisholm

   Biologie

   First director of the World Health Organization, for his leadership in organizing this vast post-war, international public health concept.

3. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   Howard A. Rusk

   Biologie

   For his pioneering work in the service of the physically disabled and as distinguished rehabilitation mentor to the world.

4. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Conrad A. Elvehjem

   Biologie

   For the isolation of niacin, the anti-pellagra vitamin, and for other distinguished contributions to nutrition research.

5. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Frederick Sumner McKay, H. Trendley Dean

   Biologie

   For leadership in the development of community wide fluoridation programs.