The Prince Mahidol Award () is an annual award for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide. The award is given by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, which was founded by the Thai Royal Family in 1992.
Prince Mahidol Award Foundation King Bhumibol Adulyadej founded the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation on 1 January 1992 on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of his father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, initially under the name "Mahidol Award Foundation", but since 28 July 1997 as "Prince Mahidol Award Foundation." In addition to the actual award, the Fund also promotes the memory of Prince Mahidol, who is regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is chairwoman of the Foundation Committee.
The award is given annually in two categories to international personalities or organizations: For outstanding progress in medicine For the active promotion of public health
and consists of: a medal a certificate prize money (US $100,000)
Between 1992 and 2014, 70 prizes were awarded, including 32 in medicine and 38 in public health.
Nomination process Any individual or group of individuals may be nominated by a national governmental agency, or by an individual. Nominations are transmitted to the secretary-general of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation. The nomination forms are forwarded to the Scientific Advisory Committee for initial screening. Once screened, the International Award Committee, which comprises several world-renowned experts in the fields of medicine and public health, will consider them and make recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees makes final approval.
Prince Mahidol Award Laureates Source: Laureates No. Award year Name Flag Country Field Note1 1992 Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll United Kingdom Medicine deceased (July 24, 1997)2 Dr. Chen Minzhang People's Republic of China Public health deceased3 1993 John B. Stanbury United States Medicine deceased (July 6, 2015)4 Dr. Ciro de Quadros Federal Republic of Brazil Public health deceased (May 28, 2014)5 1994 Professor William Trager United States Medicine deceased (January 25, 1997)6 Dr. Ho Wang Lee Republic of Korea Public health 7 1995 Professor Egon Diczfalusy Sweden Medicine 8 Professor Carl Djerassi United States Medicine 9Professor Frederick T. Sai Republic of Ghana Public health deceased (September 19, 2019)10 Dr. Nafis Sadik Islamic Republic of Pakistan Public health 11 1996 Professor Dr. Prasong Tuchinda Thailand Medicine 12 Dr. Suchitra Nimmannitya Thailand Medicine 13 Professor Vincent P. Dole United States Public health 14 1997 Dr. Satoshi Omura Japan Medicine 15 Dr. P. Roy Vagelos United States Medicine 16 Professor Alfred Sommer United States Public health 17 Dr. Guillermo Arroyave Guatemala Public health 18 1998 Dr. Rene Favaloro Republic of Argentina Medicine deceased (July 29, 2000)19 Dr. Harvey D. White New Zealand Medicine 20 Professor Kennedy F. Shortridge Australia Public health 21 Dr. Margaret F.C. Chan Hong Kong Public health 22 1999 Dr. R. Palmer Beasley United States Medicine 23 Dr. Adetokunbo Oluwole Lucas Federal Republic of Nigeria Public health 24 Dr. Tore Godal Kingdom of Norway Public health 25 2000 Professor Ernesto Pollitt Peru Medicine 26 Professor David JP Barker United Kingdom Medicine 27 Sir Richard Peto United Kingdom Public health 28 Sir Iain Geoffrey Chalmers United Kingdom Public health 29 2001 Sir David John Weatherall United Kingdom Medicine 30 Professor Lam Sai Kit Malaysia Public health 31 Professor Barry J. Marshall Australia Public health 32 2002 Professor Thomas E. Starzl United States Medicine 33 Sir Roy Calne United Kingdom Medicine 34 Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman United States Public health 35 Dr. P. Helena Makela Republic of Finland Public health 36 2003 Professor Herbert L. Needleman United States Public health 37 China Cooperative Research Group People's Republic of China Medicine on Qinghaosu and its derivatives as Antimalarials38 2004 Professor Norman Sartorius Federal Republic of Germany Medicine 39 Professor Jonathan M. Samet United States Public health 40 2005 Professor Harald Zur Hausen Federal Republic of Germany Public health 41 Professor Eugene Goldwasser United States Medicine 42 2006 Professor Stanley G. Schultz United States Medicine deceased (October 23, 2014)43 Dr. Richard A. Cash United States Public health 44 Dr. David R. Nalin United States Public health 45 Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis India Public health 46 2007 Professor Basil Stuart Hetzel Australia Public health 47 Dr. Sanduk Ruit Kingdom of Nepal Public health 48 Professor Dr. Axel Ullrich Federal Republic of Germany Medicine 49 2008 Professor Sergio Henrique Ferreira Federal Republic of Brazil Medicine 50 Professor Michiaki Takahashi Japan Public health 51 Professor Yu Yongxin People's Republic of China Public health 52 2009 Professor Anne Mills United Kingdom Medicine 53 Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn Thailand Public health 54 Mechai Viravaidya Thailand Public health 55 2010 Robert E. Black United States Public health 56 Kenneth H. Brown United States Public health 57 Kevin Marsh United Kingdom Medicine 58 Ananda Shiv Prasad United States Public health 59 Nicholas J. White United Kingdom Medicine 602011 Ruth F. Bishop Australia Public health 61 Aaron T. Beck United States Medicine 62 David T. Wong United States Medicine 632012 Michael David Rawlins United Kingdom Medicine 64 Uche Veronica Amazigo Federal Republic of Nigeria Public health 652013 Jim Yong Kim United States Public health 66 David D. Ho United States Medicine 67 Anthony Fauci United States Medicine 68 Peter Piot Belgium Public health 692014 Donald A. Henderson United States Public Health 70 Akiro Endo Japan Medicine 712015 Michael Gideon Marmot United Kingdom Public Health 72 Morton M. Mower United States Medicine732016 Vladimir Hachinski Canada Public Health 74 Sir Gregory Paul Winter United Kingdom Medicine 752017Rachel Schneerson United States Public Health 76Porter W. Anderson Jr. United States Public Health 77Mathuram Santosham United States Public Health 78John B. Robbins United States Public Health 79Human Genome ProjectMedicine802018 John D. Clemens United States Public Health 81Jan R. Holmgren Sweden Public Health 82Mary-Claire King United Kingdom Medicine 83Brian J. Druker United StatesMedicine 842019 Ralf Bartenschlager Germany Medicine 85David Mabey United Kingdom Public Health 862020 Valentín Fuster United States Medicine 87Bernard Pécoul France Public Health 882021Katalin KarikóHungaryMedicine89Drew WeissmanUnited StatesMedicine90Pieter CullisCanadaMedicine912022Ralph DeFronzo United States Medicine92Ian FrazerAustralia / United Kingdom Public health 93John T. Schiller United States Public health 94Douglas R. Lowy United States Public health 952023Napoleone Ferrara Italy / United States Medicine 96Barry Rumack United States Public Health 972024Anthony R. Hunter United Kingdom / United States Medicine 98Jonathan Shepherd United Kingdom Public Health 992025Terry D. King United States Medicine 100Walter Willett United States Public Health
See also List of medicine awards List of prizes named after people
References
External links Official website of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation