Medical and health research - Lasker Awards 2015

The Lasker Foundation accepts nominations for the 2015 Lasker Awards. Deadline for submissions is February 2, 2015. The Lasker Foundation's Awards Program recognizes and honours individuals who have made significant contributions in basic or clinical research to address diseases that are the main cause of death and disability. The Award winners may reside in any country of the world.

The awards will be offered in three categories in 2015: 

• The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honours scientists who have made fundamental investigations that open new areas of biomedical science;
• The Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honours scientists whose contributions, directly or indirectly, have led in a pioneering way to a major improvement in the clinical management or treatment of patients;
• The Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honours exceptional individuals or organizations whose work has profoundly improved the health of the public. The Award will be conferred on a winner selected from among public health professionals, policy makers, scientists, journalists, government leaders, and advocates. The Lasker Foundation welcomes nominations in global health, domestic health, or both.

Each award consists of an honorarium, a citation and an inscribed statuette of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, symbolizing victory over death and disease.