Lasker Award 1983: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Eric R. Kandel, Vernon B. Mountcastle

   Biology

   For the application of cell biology techniques to the study of behavior, revealing mechanisms underlying learning and memory.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Maurice R. Hilleman

   Biology

   For discovering the causes of certain viral diseases and for pioneering breakthroughs in vaccine, especially hepatitis B vaccine development throughout the world.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Saul Krugman

   Biology

   For leadership in conceiving, developing, and testing vaccines against various viral diseases, especially hepatitis B, with vast impact on world health.

4. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   F. Mason Sones

   Biology

   For combining the techniques of cardiac catheterization and coronary artery cinematography, thus inaugurating the modern era of diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease.