Dickson Prize

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The Dickson Prize in Medicine and the Dickson Prize in Science were both established in 1969 by Joseph Z. Dickson and Agnes Fischer Dickson. As of 2006, 11 of the recipients had gone on to win the Nobel Prize.[1]

Dickson Prize in Medicine

The Dickson Prize in Medicine is awarded annually by the University of Pittsburgh, and recognizes US citizens who have made "significant, progressive contributions" to medicine.[2] The award includes $50,000, a bronze medal, and the Dickson Prize Lecture.

  • 1971 Earl W. Sutherland Jr.
  • 1972 Solomon A. Berson and Rosalyn S. Yalow
  • 1973 John H. Gibbon Jr.[3]
  • 1974 Stephen W. Kuffler
  • 1975 Elizabeth F. Neufeld
  • 1976 Frank J. Dixon
  • 1977 Roger Guillemin
  • 1978 Paul Greengard
  • 1979 Bert W. O'Malley
  • 1980 David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel
  • 1981 Philip Leder
  • 1982 Francis H. Ruddle
  • 1983 Eric R. Kandel
  • 1984 Solomon H. Snyder
  • 1985 Robert C. Gallo
  • 1986 J. Michael Bishop
  • 1987 Elvin A. Kabat
  • 1988 Leroy E. Hood
  • 1989 Bernard Moss
  • 1990 Ernst Knobil
  • 1991 Phillip A. Sharp
  • 1992 Francis Sellers Collins
  • 1993 Stanley B. Prusiner
  • 1994 Bert Vogelstein
  • 1995 Ronald M. Evans
  • 1996 Philippa Marrack
  • 1997 Edward Everett Harlow, Jr. and Eric Steven Lander
  • 1998 Richard D. Klausner
  • 1999 James E. Darnell Jr.
  • 2000 Elizabeth H. Blackburn (Dickson Prize Lecture, April 13, 2000: "Telomere Capping and Cell Proliferation"[4])
  • 2001 Robert G. Roeder (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 12, 2001: "Regulation of Transcription in Human Cells: Complexities and Challenges")[5]
  • 2002 C. David Allis (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 18, 2002: "Translating the Histone Code: A Tale of Tails")[6]
  • 2003 Susan L. Lindquist (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 24, 2003: "Protein Conformation as a Pathway to Understanding Cellular Processes, Disease and Bio-Inspired Materials"[7])
  • 2004 Elaine Fuchs (Dickson Prize Lecture, 2004: "Skin Stem Cells and Their Lineages"[8])
  • 2005 Ronald W. Davis (Dickson Prize Lecture, 2005: "New Genomic Technology for Yeast Applied to Clinical Medicine"[9])
  • 2006 Roger D. Kornberg (Dickson Prize Lecture, October 5, 2006: "Chromatin and Transcription"[10])
  • 2007 Carol W. Greider (Dickson Prize Lecture, October 11, 2007: "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction"[11])
  • 2008 Randy W. Schekman (Dickson Prize Lecture, "Dissecting the Secretion Process: From Basic Mechanism to Human Disease"[12])
  • 2009 Victor Ambros (Dickson Prize Lecture, "MicroRNAs, from Model Organisms to Human Biology."[13])
  • 2010 Stephen J. Elledge
  • 2011 J. Craig Venter
  • 2012 Brian J. Druker
  • 2013 Huda Y. Zoghbi (Dickson Prize Lecture, Thursday, October 3, 2013: "Rett Syndrome and MECP2 Disorders: From the Clinic to Genes and Neurobiology.")[14]

Dickson Prize in Science

The Dickson Prize in Science is awarded annually by Carnegie Mellon University, and recognizes those who have "notably advanced the field of science".

Award recipients by year

  • 1970 Richard Bellman
  • 1971 George Palade and Keith Roberts Porter
  • 1972 Francis L. Ver Snyder
  • 1973 Elias J. Corey
  • 1974 David M. Geiger
  • 1975 - not awarded
  • 1976 - not awarded
  • 1977 John H. Sinfelt
  • 1978 Seymour Benzer
  • 1979 - not awarded
  • 1980 John Werner Cahn
  • 1981 - not awarded
  • 1982 Harden M. McConnell
  • 1983-84 Edward Fredkin
  • 1985 Norman Davidson
  • 1986 Benjamin Widom
  • 1987 Mitchell Feigenbaum
  • 1988 Joan A. Steitz
  • 1989 Richard E. Dickerson
  • 1990 F. Sherwood Rowland
  • 1991 David Botstein
  • 1992 Paul Lauterbur
  • 1993 Vera Rubin
  • 1994 Raymond Kurzweil
  • 1995 Leland Hartwell
  • 1996 John P. Hirth
  • 1997 Walter Alvarez
  • 1998 Peter Shor, 25th recipient (Dickson Lecture, November 8, 1999, "Quantum Computing"[15])
  • 1999 Howard Raiffa (Dickson Lecture, Tue. April 4, 2000: "Analytical Roots of a Decision Scientist"[16]
  • 2000 Alexander Pines (Dickson Lecture, April 11, 2001: "Some Magnetic Moments"[17]
  • 2001 Carver Mead (Dickson Lecture, March 19, 2002: "The Coming Revolution in Photography")[18]
  • 2002 Robert Langer (Dickson Lecture, February 26, 2003: "Biomaterials And How They Will Change Our Lives")
  • 2003 Marc W. Kirschner (Dickson Lecture, March 30, 2004: "Timing the Inner Cell Cycle"[19])
  • 2004 George Whitesides (Dickson Lecture, March 28, 2005: "Assumptions: If common assumptions about the modern world break down, then what could science and technology make happen?")
  • 2005 David Haussler (Dickson Lecture, March 9, 2006: "Ultraconserved elements, living fossil transposons, and rapid bursts of change: reconstructing the uneven evolutionary history of the human genome"[20]
  • 2006 Jared Diamond (Dickson Lecture, March 26, 2007: "Collapse")[21]
  • 2007 Jean Fréchet
  • 2008 Richard M. Karp
  • 2009 Saul Perlmutter (Dickson Lecture, March 17, 2010: "Stalking Dark Energy & the Mystery of the Accelerating Universe"[22])
  • 2010 David A. Tirrell
  • 2011 Marvin L. Cohen (March 8, 2012: "Einstein, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience & Superconductivity")
  • 2012 François M.M. Morel (March 12, 2013: "Ocean Acidification: Causes, Time Scales & Consequences")[23]
  • 2013 Karl Deisseroth (February 3, 2014: "Illuminating the Brain")

Further reading

Notes

  1. ↑ The Mercury News, October 5, 2006.
  2. ↑ Dickson Prize
  3. ↑ Finding Aid to the John H. Gibbon Papers, 1903-1956 , including the Dickson Prize Talk
  4. ↑ University of Pittsburgh, University Times, v.32, n.16 (April 13, 2000).
  5. ↑ Science 2001 Dickson Prize Lecturer
  6. ↑ Science 2002 Schedule (PDF).
  7. ↑ Whitehead Institute press release
  8. ↑ Dickson Prize, 2004
  9. ↑ Dickson Prize, 2005
  10. ↑ Medical News Today
  11. ↑ Dickson Prize in Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  12. ↑ Dickson Prize in Medicine, 2008
  13. ↑ Dickson Prize in Medicine, 2009
  14. ↑ http://www.upmc.com/media/NewsReleases/2013/Pages/huda-zoghbi-receives-pitt-dickinson-prize-at-science-convergence.aspx
  15. ↑ Univ. of Pittsburgh Colloquium Dates & Schedules Archived 14 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ University of Pittsburgh calendar
  17. ↑ CMU Chemistry Dept.
  18. ↑ CMU
  19. ↑ CMU Press Release
  20. ↑ Seminars on Algorithms and Complexity
  21. ↑ Carnegie-Mellon University
  22. ↑ Dickson Prize
  23. ↑
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