Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
The Lasker Foundation seeks to increase support for biomedical research by celebrating the power of biomedical science to save and improve human lives. Through its internationally renowned Lasker Awards, educational initiatives, and public advocacy, the Foundation recognizes the most important achievements in science and public service, supports and encourages the scientific leaders of tomorrow, and raises awareness of the ever-present need for research funding.
Established in 1942 by Albert and Mary Lasker, the Foundation is committed to inspiring robust and sustained support for biomedical research, fueled by Mary Lasker’s call to action: “If you think research is expensive, try disease!”
The Lasker Awards, America’s most prestigious biomedical research awards, have recognized the contributions of more than 300 leaders who made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of human disease. Recipients of the Lasker Awards are selected by a distinguished international jury chaired by Joseph L. Goldstein, recipient of the 1985 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Eighty-seven Lasker laureates have received the Nobel Prize, including 40 in the last three decades.
To learn more about the Foundation, visit the website (http://www.laskerfoundation.org), or follow them on Facebook or Twitter (@LaskerFDN).
Directors
Anthony Evnin, PhD
Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA
Barbara Barrett
Christopher W. Brody
Marshall W. Fordyce, MD
Joseph L. Goldstein, MD
Jordan U. Gutterman, MD
Chris Jones
Sherry Lansing
George P. Noon, MD
Erin K. O'Shea, PhD
Willard J. Overlock, Jr.
George A. Roche
Solomon H. Snyder, MD
Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS
Russell Steenberg
Elias A. Zerhouni, MD
Staff
David Keegan
Beatrice Renault, PhD
Lucy Rinaldi
Kristie Nybo, PhD
Courtney Nandagiri
Cora Bollinger
Contact
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
405 Lexington Avenue, 32nd Floor, Suite A
New York, NY 10174
Phone: 212-286-0222
Email: info@laskerfoundation.org
Web: http://www.laskerfoundation.org
Twitter: @LaskerFDN
Facebook: LaskerFDN
