The Dickson Prize in Medicine and the Dickson Prize in Science were both established in 1969 by Joseph Z. Dickson and Agnes Fischer Dickson.
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. The award includes $50,000, a bronze medal, and the Dickson Prize Lecture.
Recipients Source: University of Pittsburgh
1971 Earl W. Sutherland Jr. 1972 Solomon A. Berson and Rosalyn S. Yalow 1973 John H. Gibbon Jr.Finding Aid to the John H. Gibbon Papers, 1903–1956, including the Dickson Prize Talk 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 Ed Harlow 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"University of Pittsburgh, University Times, v.32, n.16 (April 13, 2000). ) 2001 Robert G. Roeder (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 12, 2001: "Regulation of Transcription in Human Cells: Complexities and Challenges") 2002 C. David Allis (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 18, 2002: "Translating the Histone Code: A Tale of Tails")Science 2002 Schedule (PDF). 2003 Susan L. Lindquist (Dickson Prize Lecture, September 24, 2003: "Protein Conformation as a Pathway to Understanding Cellular Processes, Disease and Bio-Inspired Materials"Whitehead Institute press release ) 2004 Elaine Fuchs (Dickson Prize Lecture, 2004: "Skin Stem Cells and Their Lineages"Dickson Prize, 2004) 2005 Ronald W. Davis (Dickson Prize Lecture, 2005: "New Genomic Technology for Yeast Applied to Clinical Medicine"Dickson Prize, 2005) 2006 Roger D. Kornberg (Dickson Prize Lecture, October 5, 2006: "Chromatin and Transcription") 2007 Carol W. Greider (Dickson Prize Lecture, October 11, 2007: "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction"Dickson Prize in Medicine, University of Pittsburgh) 2008 Randy W. Schekman (Dickson Prize Lecture, "Dissecting the Secretion Process: From Basic Mechanism to Human Disease"Dickson Prize in Medicine, 2008) 2009 Victor Ambros (Dickson Prize Lecture, "MicroRNAs, from Model Organisms to Human Biology."Dickson Prize in Medicine, 2009) 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.") 2014 Jeffrey I. Gordon 2015 Karl Deisseroth 2016 Jennifer Doudna 2017 David M. Sabatini 2018 Bonnie Bassler 2019 Ruslan Medzhitov 2020 James J. Collins 2021 Cynthia Kenyon 2022 Carolyn Bertozzi 2023 Clifford Brangwynne 2024 Leslie B. Vosshall 2025 Cato T. Laurencin2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine 2026 Xiaowei Zhuang2026 Dickson Prize in Medicine
Dickson Prize in Science The Dickson Prize in Science is awarded annually by Carnegie Mellon University and recognizes those who "have made the most progress in the scientific field in the United States for the year in question." The award is dated by the year in which it was announced, which is often the year before the lecture occurs.
Recipients Source: Carnegie Mellon University
1970–71 Richard Bellman 1971–72 George Palade and Keith Roberts Porter 1972–73 1973–74 Elias J. Corey 1974–75 David H. Geiger, civil engineering 1975–76 – not awarded 1976–77 – not awarded 1977–78 John H. Sinfelt 1978–79 Seymour Benzer 1979–80 – not awarded 1980–81 John Werner Cahn 1981–82 – not awarded 1982–83 Harden M. McConnell 1983–84 Edward Fredkin 1985–86 Norman Davidson 1986–87 Benjamin Widom 1987–88 Mitchell Feigenbaum 1988–89 Joan A. Steitz 1989–90 Richard E. Dickerson 1990–91 F. Sherwood Rowland 1991–92 David Botstein 1992–93 Paul Lauterbur 1993–94 Vera Rubin 1994–95 Raymond Kurzweil 1995–96 Leland Hartwell 1996–97 1997–98 Walter Alvarez 1998–99 Peter Shor, 25th recipient (Dickson Lecture, November 8, 1999, "Quantum Computing") 1999–2000 Howard Raiffa (Dickson Lecture, Tue. April 4, 2000: "Analytical Roots of a Decision Scientist" 2000–01 Alexander Pines (Dickson Lecture, April 11, 2001: "Some Magnetic Moments" 2001–02 Carver Mead (Dickson Lecture, March 19, 2002: "The Coming Revolution in Photography") 2002–03 Robert Langer (Dickson Lecture, February 26, 2003: "Biomaterials And How They Will Change Our Lives") 2003–04 Marc W. Kirschner (Dickson Lecture, March 30, 2004: "Timing the Inner Cell Cycle") 2004–05 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?") 2005–06 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" 2006–07 Jared Diamond (Dickson Lecture, March 26, 2007: "Collapse") 2007–08 Jean Fréchet 2008–09 Richard M. Karp 2009–10 Saul Perlmutter (Dickson Lecture, March 17, 2010: "Stalking Dark Energy & the Mystery of the Accelerating Universe") 2010–11 David A. Tirrell 2011–12 Marvin L. Cohen (March 8, 2012: "Einstein, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience & Superconductivity") 2012–13 François M. M. Morel (March 12, 2013: "Ocean Acidification: Causes, Time Scales & Consequences")Ocean Acidification: Causes, Time Scales and Consequences – 2012 Dickson Prize Lecture 2013–14 Karl Deisseroth (February 3, 2014: "Illuminating the Brain") 2014–15 Joseph M. DeSimone (February 16, 2015: "Breakthroughs in Imprint Lithography and 3D Additive Fabrication") 2015 Judea Pearl (February 29, 2016 : "Science, Counterfactuals and Free Will") http://www.cmu.edu/dickson-prize/ Carnegie Mellon University, Dickson Prize in Science Honoring Judea Pearl 2016 Chad A. Mirkin (February 2, 2017 : "Nanotechnology: Small Things Matter") 2017 Jennifer Doudna (February 1, 2018: "CRISPR Systems: Nature's Toolkit for Genome Editing") 2018 Emery N. Brown (January 31, 2019: "The Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain Under General Anesthesia") 2019 Geraldine Richmond (February 11, 2020: "Surf, Sink or Swim: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Water Surfaces") 2020 Lucy Shapiro 2021 Geoffrey Hinton 2022 Richard Aslin 2023 Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz 2024 Gilda A. Barabino 2025 Aviv Regev
Further reading Dickson Prize in Science at Carnegie Mellon University Dickson Prize in Medicine at University of Pittsburgh
See also
List of medicine awards
Notes