Lasker Award 2003: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Robert G. Roeder

   Biology

   For pioneering studies on eukaryotic RNA polymerases and the general transcriptional machinery, which opened gene expression in animal cells to biochemical analysis.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Christopher Reeve

   Biology

   For perceptive, sustained, and heroic advocacy for medical research in general and victims of disability in particular.

3. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Marc Feldmann, Ravinder Maini

   Biology

   For the discovery of anti-TNF therapy as an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.