Albany Medical Center Prize

The Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research is the United States' highest value prize in medicine and biomedical research, awarded by the Albany Medical Center. Among prizes for medicine, the Albany Medical Center Prize is second only to the $1.4 million Nobel Prize in Medicine and the $1 million Shaw Price in life science and medicine.

Awarded annually, the $500,000 prize is bestowed to any physician or scientist, or group, whose work has led to significant advances in the fields of health care and scientific research with demonstrated translational benefits applied to improved patient care.

The prize is a legacy to its founder, the late Morris "Marty" Silverman. At the inaugural awards ceremony in Albany, NY in March 2001, Albany Medical Center Prize founder Marty Silverman started a tradition that will be carried on for one hundred years, the duration of the Prize. Marty's promise was to light one candle each year to honor that year's recipient.

Prize Recipients

2011: Press Release

• Elaine Fuchs
• James A. Thomson
• Shinya Yamanaka

2010: Press Release

• David Botstein
• Francis S. Collins
• Eric S. Lander

2009: Press Release

• Bruce A. Beutler
• Charles A. Dinarello
• Ralph M. Steinman

2008: Press Release

• Joan A. Steitz
• Elizabeth Blackburn

2007: Press Release

• Robert J. Lefkowitz
• Solomon H. Snyder
• Ronald M. Evans

2006: Press Release

• Seymour Benzer

2005: Press Release

• Robert S. Langer

2004:

• Stanley N. Cohen
• Herbert W. Boyer

2003:

• Michael S. Brown
• Joseph L. Goldstein

2002:

• Anthony Fauci

2001:

• Arnold J. Levine

References

• Associated Press (April 24, 2009). "Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize". http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_he_me/us_med_medical_prize;_ylt=AnjJw3Si2iPB1unZ4X7Xxa3VJRIF. Retrieved 2009-04-24. ^{[dead link]}

• Associated Press (May 2, 2008). "Scientists share $500,000 prize for biomedical research". http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5glFaeY8gSjDgXN9BUWdEP_txwfggD90DKHB00. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 

• "Women scientists at Yale, UC-San Francisco win $500K Albany Med award". The Business Review. May 2, 2008. http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2008/04/28/daily51.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 

External links

Albany Medical Center Prize Web site