Lasker Award 1949: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   André Frédéric Cournand

   Biology

   For contributions to the physiology of circulation and the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   L. Royal Christensen, William S. Tillett

   Biology

   For the discovery and purification of the enzymes, streptokinase and streptodornase.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Marion W. Sheahan

   Biology

   For distinguished leadership in the fields of nursing and public health.

4. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Edward Calvin Kendall, Philip Showalter Hench

   Biology

   For studies of adrenal hormones, culminating in the first use of cortisone in severe rheumatoid arthritis and other severe inflammatory disorders.

5. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Max Theiler

   Biology

   For the development of two effective vaccines against yellow fever.