Lasker Foundation Public Service Award

[From Philanthropy News Digest] The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation invites nominations for the Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award in support of medical research and the health sciences.

The award honors exceptional individuals and organizations whose public service has profoundly enlarged the possibilities for medical research and the health sciences and their impact on public health. The award will be conferred on a winner selected from among policy makers, journalists, philanthropists, advocates, scientists, and public health professionals. The award committee welcomes nominations in global health, domestic health, or both.

Awards may be given: 1) to an individual or organization that has significantly advanced public understanding of subjects in medical research, medicine, and health through bold investigation, creative coverage and reporting, or extraordinary educational efforts; 2) to an individual or organization, including elected or appointed officials at the state, national, or international levels, that has played a major role in the support of policy, legislative, or other initiatives aimed at advancing progress in the medical sciences or health worldwide; 3) to an individual or institution (public, private, corporate) that has provided critical and generous financial support for new, incisive initiatives that enhance medical and health research and their impact; or 4) to an individual who has developed a national or international profile as an outstanding spokesperson in support of medical research or the health sciences and whose advocacy and leadership have brought about significant, lasting benefits for research, medicine, or health.

Visit the Lasker Foundation Web site for complete program information and nomination procedures.

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