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, PhD 2024: Jeffrey I. Gordon 2026: Jean-Laurent Casanova
See also List of medicine awards
References
Northwestern University's web page describing the origin of the Prize and biographical notes on Nemmers Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Northwestern University's web page describing the Nemmers Prize in Medical Science