Awards & Honors
Jeffrey M. Friedman is awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize
Our scientists are remarkably productive and empowered to perform at their best. That’s why we have an unparalleled concentration of researchers and trainees recognized with top awards—including the world’s most prestigious bioscience prizes.
Recent Awards & Honors
HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Steve L. Bonilla
His lab is pursuing insights into the fundamental rules of RNA folding, structure, and dynamic function, and his research has revealed unexpected functions of RNAs in a wide range of biological processes.
National Academy of Sciences
Svetlana Mojsov
Mojsov’s discovery of GLP-1 and its critical role in the regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose led to the development of a revolutionary new class of medicines.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Svetlana Mojsov
Mojsov’s discovery of GLP-1 and its critical role in the regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose led to the development of a revolutionary new class of medicines.
Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists
Maria Cecilia Campos Canesso and Veena Padmanaban
Max Cooper Prize
Jeffrey V. Ravetch
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Lamia Wahba
Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Leslie B. Vosshall
Novo Nordisk Prize
Jean-Laurent Casanova
W. ALDEN SPENCER AWARD
Gaby Maimon
Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists
Arnaud Vanden Broeck and Shira Weingarten-Gabbay
António Champalimaud Vision Award
Winrich Freiwald
Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Svetlana Mojsov
ICIS Sidney & Joan Pestka Post-Graduate Award
Alex Lercher
Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Svetlana Mojsov
Distinguished Medical Science Award from the National Library of Medicine
Svetlana Mojsov
Tri-I Breakout Prize for Junior Investigators
Naama Aviram, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medal
Elaine Fuchs
Academia Europaea
Jean-Laurent Casanova
