Lasker Award 1955: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Carl J. Wiggers

   Biology

   For contributions to the understanding of cardiovascular physiology.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Karl Paul Link

   Biology

   For fundamental contributions to our understanding of the mechanism of blood clotting and for the development of methods for the improved treatment of thromboembolic conditions.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Menninger Foundation

   Biology

   For a sustained and highly productive attack against mental diseases, leading to better hospitals, better trained staffs, and greatly improved care of the mentally ill.

4. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Nursing Services of the U.S. Public Health Service

   Biology

   For distinguished contributions to the advancement and well-being of the nation through leadership in public health nursing.

5. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Robert D. Defries

   Biology

   For distinguished leadership in the development of preventive medicine and public health throughout Canada.

6. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   C. Walton Lillehei, Herbert E. Warden, Morley Cohen, Richard L. Varco

   Biology

   For advances in open-heart surgery making possible more direct and safer approaches to the heart.

7. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Carl Muschenheim, Edward H. Robitzek, Irving Selikoff, Walsh McDermott

   Biology

   For establishing the efficacy of isoniazid drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis.