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Gairdner Foundation

The Gairdner Foundation is devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research worldwide. The awards recognize individuals whose work or contribution constitutes tangible achievement in the field of medical science. Since 1959, when the first Gairdner Foundation International Awards were presented, 19 recipients have been associated with The Rockefeller University.

Current Faculty and Emeriti

Elaine Fuchs
2020 Canada Gairdner International Award
Fuchs was honored for revealing the molecular mechanisms by which skin stem cells make and repair tissues.
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Titia de Lange
2014 Canada Gairdner International Award
de Lange was recognized for her discovery of the mechanisms by which mammalian telomeres are protected from deleterious DNA repair and damage responses.
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Jeffrey V. Ravetch
2012 Canada Gairdner International Award
Ravetch was recognized for his work on the interactions between antibodies and immune cells’ Fc receptors to better understand and treat disease.
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Michael W. Young
2012 Canada Gairdner International Award
Young was honored for his research on circadian rhythms, the biological clocks that regulate our bodies’ patterns of sleep and wakefulness, metabolism and response to disease.
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Jeffrey M. Friedman
2005 Canada Gairdner International Award
Friedman was honored for his contributions to our understanding of obesity and particularly for the discovery of the adipose tissue hormone, leptin.
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Roderick MacKinnon
2001 Canada Gairdner International Award
MacKinnon was acclaimed for the elucidation of the mechanism of action and molecular structure of cation channels.
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Robert G. Roeder
2000 Canada Gairdner International Award
Roeder was honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of transcription of genetic information, a theme of central importance in the biology of eukaryotic (nucleated) cells.
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Paul Nurse
1992 Canada Gairdner International Award
Nurse was recognized for his contributions in the field of cell cycle regulation.
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James E. Darnell Jr.
1986 Canada Gairdner International Award
Darnell was honored for increasing our understanding of RNA processing and gene expression.
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About The Gairdner Foundation
The Gairdner Foundation was established in 1957 with the main goal of recognizing and rewarding international excellence in fundamental research that impacts human health.

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Past Faculty

2007
C. David Allis
2003
Ralph M. Steinman
1982
Gunter Blobel
1974
David Baltimore
1970
R. Bruce Merrifield
1970
Vincent P. Dole
1967
Christian de Duve
1967
George E. Palade
1964
Keith Porter
1962
Henry G. Kunkel