2020 CALL for NOMINATIONS PRIZE CRITERIA NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS

The Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and For a nominee(s) to be considered, all of the Biomedical Research recognizes, encourages and following items must be submitted. Incomplete supports extraordinary and sustained contributions nominations will not be considered. to improved health care and innovative biomedical research that demonstrably facilitates  Completed nomination form (one for improvements in patient care. Given annually, each nominee); including a statement of why the $500,000 Prize is one of the largest awards they are being nominated. in medicine and biomedical research in the United  A letter of nomination for each individual States. The Prize will be awarded to a physician, or group nominee detailing the individual’s scientist or group that demonstrated substantial or group’s extraordinary or sustained achievements of national or international contribution to improving health care and importance in the last quarter of a century, with patient care or describing the innovative preference given to accomplishments of the biomedical research with demonstrated past decade. translational benefits applied to improved The recipient(s) of the Prize will be chosen by patient care. a committee comprising some of the nation’s  The curriculum vitae of the nominee(s). preeminent medical scholars, physicians, professors and biomedical researchers. Designed  A bibliography consisting of the 20 most to be both prestigious public recognition and recent and/or relevant publications and an important resource for sustaining excellence articles related to the nomination. in health care and bio-medical research, it is an expectation that the $500,000 award will be  Two additional letters of support for each used by the recipient(s) to make further significant nominee or group. advancements in his or her area of expertise. Include one form and complete package per The Albany Medical Center Prize in nominee. Additional forms may be downloaded Medicine and Biomedical Research will be at www.amc.edu/academic/albanyprize. Electronic awarded at a ceremony in Albany, New York, submissions are encouraged. The Selection in September 2020. Committee will meet in June 2020 to review the nominations. Winners will be notified by phone in July 2020.

Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Completed nominations will be accepted through March 6, 2020, and should be directed to: James R. Kellerhouse Vice President, Foundation c/o The Albany Medical Center Foundation

Email: [email protected] Please note: All nomination requirements must be contained in one email. Multiple emails will not be accepted.

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2 PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

2019 2013 2007 Bert Vogelstein, M.D. Brian J. Druker, M.D. Ronald M. Evans, Ph.D. Irving Weissman, M.D. Peter C. Nowell, M.D. Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Janet D. Rowley, M.D. Solomon H. Snyder, M.D. 2018 James Allison, Ph.D. 2012 2006 Carl June, M.D. James E. Darnell, Jr., M.D. Seymour Benzer, Ph.D. Steven Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D. 2005 2017 2011 Robert S. Langer, M.D. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D. Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D. James A. Thomson, V.M.D., Ph.D. Luciano A. Marraffini, Ph.D. Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D. Francisco J. Martínez Mojica, Ph.D. 2004 Herbert W. Boyer, Ph.D. Feng Zhang, Ph.D. 2010 Stanley N. Cohen, M.D. David Botstein, Ph.D. 2016 Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. F. Ulrich Hartl, M.D. 2003 Eric S. Lander, Ph.D. Arthur L. Horwich, M.D. Michael S. Brown, M.D. Susan Lee Lindquist, Ph.D. Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D. 2009 2015 Bruce Beutler, M.D. 2002 Charles Dinarello, M.D. Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Ralph Steinman, M.D. Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Ph.D. 2001 2014 2008 Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D. Alexander J. Varshavsky, Ph.D. Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D. Joan Steitz, Ph.D.

3 MORRIS “MARTY” SILVERMAN

1912–2006

The man who founded one of the nation’s largest prizes in medicine

Marty Silverman’s spirit of unselfishness and tremendous pride in Albany Medical Center and the Capital Region remains very much alive in the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. As the founder of one of the largest prizes in medicine in the United States—second worldwide to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine—Marty made sure the Prize would survive the test of time.

In celebrating the legacy of Marty Silverman, we are inspired by his infectious optimism and joie de vivre. In awarding the Prize, we pay tribute to this remarkable and generous man whose commitment to advancing biomedical research and supporting humanitarian efforts will forever be remembered.

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