Lasker Award 1957: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Isaac Starr

   Biology

   For contributions to knowledge of the heart and the circulation, and for the development of the first practical ballistocardiograph.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   C.J. Van Slyke

   Biology

   For unique contributions in laying the foundation for a national program of medical research and training.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Frank G. Boudreau

   Biology

   For promoting better mental health, good nutrition, and improved housing.

4. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Reginald M. Atwater

   Biology

   For guiding the American Public Health Association to a position of leadership as the largest organization of its kind in the western world.

5. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Rustom Jal Vakil

   Biology

   For studies on the use of reserpine in the treatment of hypertension.

6. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Heinz E. Lehmann, Henri Laborit, Nathan S. Kline, Pierre Deniker, Robert H. Noce

   Biology

   For studies of the use of reserpine in the treatment of certain mental illnesses.

7. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Richard E. Shope

   Biology

   For original contributions to understanding infectious diseases in animals and man and the discovery of new microbiological principles.