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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
1921-07-19 – 2011-05-30
Life & Legacy
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman (after Gerty Cori), and the first American-born woman, to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Occupation & Career
physicist, physician, university teacher, biophysicist
Education
New York University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hunter College; Walton High School
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; National Women's Hall of Fame; Canada Gairdner International Award; AMA Scientific Achievement Award; National Medal of Science; Dickson Prize in Medicine; Women in Technology Hall of Fame; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fred Conrad Koch Award; honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta; honorary doctor of the University of Miami; Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year; Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize; honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research · AMA Scientific Achievement Award · Canada Gairdner International Award · Dickson Prize in Medicine · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Fred Conrad Koch Award · honorary doctor of the University of Miami · honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta · honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 · Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize · Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year · National Medal of Science · National Women's Hall of Fame · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · Women in Technology Hall of Fame
Employer
Hunter College · Yeshiva University
Organizations & Memberships
Académie Nationale de Médecine · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Graduate Women in Science · National Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
Hunter College · New York University · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Walton High School
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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National Women's Hall of Fame
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Canada Gairdner International Award
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AMA Scientific Achievement Award
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National Medal of Science
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Dickson Prize in Medicine
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Women in Technology Hall of Fame
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Fred Conrad Koch Award
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honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta
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honorary doctor of the University of Miami
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Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year
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Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize
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honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
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Family Spouse
A. Aaron Yalow
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Sources & Provenance
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