Baruch S. Blumberg

Awards

1. 1975

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   In recognition of his discovery of the Australia antigen in 1963 and its association with hepatitis in 1967, greatly enhancing our knowledge of viral hepatitis type B, and its prevention.

2. 1976

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases