Albert Lasker
Clinical Medical Research Award

For his contribution to cardiovascular research and his advancement of the thesis that experimental atherosclerosis is basically a metabolic disease that is preventable and reversible.

For his outstanding work as coordinator of the National Cooperative Study of Retrolental Fibroplasia. (More >)

For his original, well-controlled studies in the cause and prevention of retrolental fibroplasia. (More >)

For developing a safe and effective vaccine against poliomyelitis. (More >)