Lasker Award: Winners by Year
Founded in 1945 by Albert and Mary Lasker, covering basic medical research, clinical medical research, public service, and special achievement in medical science. Awarded annually, with the ceremony held each September in New York City. Carries a prize of $250,000 per category.
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Award years
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
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- 1999
- 1998
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- 1994
- 1993
- 1991
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
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- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
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- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
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- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
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- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
Recent winners
The last 30 award years. See every Lasker Award winner in one list, or use the Categories above.
2025
- Dirk Görlich Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Steven L. McKnight Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Jesús (Tito) González Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Michael J. Welsh Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Paul Negulescu Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lucy Shapiro Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2024
- Zhijian Chen Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Joel Habener Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lotte Bjerre Knudsen Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Svetlana Mojsov Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Quarraisha Abdool Karim Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Salim S. Abdool Karim Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2023
- Demis Hassabis Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- John M. Jumper Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- David Huang Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Eric A. Swanson Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- James G. Fujimoto Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Piet Borst Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2022
- Erkki Ruoslahti Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Richard O. Hynes Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Timothy A. Springer Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Yuk Ming Dennis Lo Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lauren Gardner Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2021
- Dieter Oesterhelt Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Karl Deisseroth Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Peter Hegemann Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Drew Weissman Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Katalin Karikó Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- David Baltimore Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2019
- Jacques Miller Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Max Dale Cooper Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Axel Ullrich Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Dennis J. Slamon Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- H. Michael Shepard Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2018
- C. David Allis Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Michael Grunstein Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- John B. Glen Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Joan A. Steitz Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2017
- Michael N. Hall Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Douglas R. Lowy Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- John T. Schiller Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Planned Parenthood Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2016
- Gregg L. Semenza Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Peter J. Ratcliffe Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- William G. Kaelin Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Charles M. Rice Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Michael J. Sofia Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Bruce M. Alberts Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2015
- Evelyn M. Witkin Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Stephen Elledge Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- James P. Allison Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Médecins Sans Frontières Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2014
- Kazutoshi Mori Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Peter Walter Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alim-Louis Benabid Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Mahlon DeLong Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Mary-Claire King Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2013
- Richard H. Scheller Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Thomas C. Südhof Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Blake S. Wilson Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Graeme Milbourne Clark Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Ingeborg Hochmair Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Bill Gates Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Melinda Gates Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2012
- James Spudich Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Michael Sheetz Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Ronald Vale Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Roy Calne Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Thomas E. Starzl Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Donald D. Brown Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
- Tom Maniatis Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2011
- Arthur L. Horwich Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Franz-Ulrich Hartl Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Tu Youyou Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2010
- Douglas L. Coleman Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Jeffrey M. Friedman Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Napoleone Ferrara Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- David Weatherall Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2009
- John B. Gurdon Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Shinya Yamanaka Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Brian Druker Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Charles Sawyers Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Nicholas Lydon Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Michael Bloomberg Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2008
- David Baulcombe Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Gary Ruvkun Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Victor Ambros Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Akira Endo Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Stanley Falkow Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2007
- Ralph M. Steinman Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alain Carpentier Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Albert Starr Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Anthony Fauci Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2006
- Carol W. Greider Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Elizabeth H. Blackburn Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Jack W. Szostak Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Aaron T. Beck Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Joseph G. Gall Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2005
- Ernest McCulloch Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- James Till Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alec Jeffreys Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Edwin Southern Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Nancy Brinker Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2004
- Elwood V. Jensen Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Pierre Chambon Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Ronald M. Evans Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Charles Kelman Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Matthew Meselson Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2003
- Robert G. Roeder Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Marc Feldmann Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Ravinder Maini Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Christopher Reeve Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2002
- James E. Rothman Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Randy W. Schekman Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Belding H. Scribner Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Willem J. Kolff Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- James E. Darnell Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
2001
- Mario R. Capecchi Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Martin J. Evans Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Oliver Smithies Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Robert G. Edwards Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- William Foege Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
2000
- Aaron Ciechanover Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alexander Varshavsky Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Avram Hershko Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Harvey J. Alter Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Michael Houghton Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Betty Ford Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- David J. Mahoney Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Harold P. Freeman Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- John Edward Porter Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Science Times of The New York Times Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award
- Sydney Brenner Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
1999
- Bertil Hille Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Clay Armstrong Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Roderick MacKinnon Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- David W. Cushman Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Miguel Ondetti Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Seymour S. Kety Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
1998
- Leland H. Hartwell Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Paul M. Nurse Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Yoshio Masui Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alfred G. Knudson Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Janet Rowley Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Peter C. Nowell Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr. Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
1997
- Mark Ptashne Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Alfred Sommer Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Victor A. McKusick Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
1996
- Ferid Murad Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Robert F. Furchgott Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- David H. Smith Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- John B. Robbins Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Porter Warren Anderson, Jr. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Rachel Schneerson Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Paul Zamecnik Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
1995
- Don C. Wiley Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Emil R. Unanue Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Jack L. Strominger Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Peter C. Doherty Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Rolf M. Zinkernagel Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Barry J. Marshall Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Mark O. Hatfield Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award