Ronald M. Evans

Awards

1. 2004

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors and elucidation of a unifying mechanism that regulates embryonic development and diverse metabolic pathways.

2. 2006

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his seminal studies defining new classes of nuclear hormone receptors and elucidating their role in energy metabolism and endocrine-related disease.

3. 2012

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for discovering the gene superfamily encoding nuclear receptors and elucidating the mechanism of action of this class of receptors.

4. 2024

   Japan Prize — Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science

   Biology

   for the discovery of the nuclear hormone receptor family and its application to drug development