Henri G. Hers

Awards

1. 1975

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For fundamental discoveries related to glycogen metabolism and its disorders, disorders of fructose metabolism and the lysosomal basis of several inborn errors of metabolism.

2. 1988

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for the biochemical elucidation of lysosomal storage diseases and the resulting contributions to biology, pathology, prenatal diagnosis, and therapeutics.