The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, established in 2016, is awarded every other year by the Feinberg School of Medicine. The recipient is "a physician-scientist whose body of research exhibits outstanding achievement in their discipline as demonstrated by works of lasting significance". The winner is determined by a jury of biomedical scientists and receives $350,000. The award is one of five Nemmers Prizes awarded by the University, created as a gift to Northwestern by the late brothers Erwin Esser Nemmers and Frederic Esser Nemmers.
Awardees The following recipients have received this award:
2016: Huda Zoghbi, MD 2018: Stuart Orkin, MD 2020: Not awarded 2022: Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhDLaureate 2022 2024: Jeffrey I. GordonNemmers Prize in Medical Science 2024 2026: Jean-Laurent CasanovaLaureate 2026
See also List of medicine awards
References
Northwestern University's web page describing the origin of the Prize and biographical notes on Nemmers Northwestern University's web page describing the Nemmers Prize in Medical Science