Lasker Award for Public Service

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biomedical award medical research award public service award

The Lasker Award for Public Service is a prestigious biomedical honor recognizing individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to public health and medical research advocacy.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award	5
Lasker Award for Public Service canonical	4
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award	4
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award	2
Lasker Awards	1
Lasker Public Service Award	1
Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lasker Award for Public Service
Context triple: [Anthony S. Fauci, awardReceived, Lasker Award for Public Service]

A. Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
B. Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
C. Peabody Career Achievement Award
The Peabody Career Achievement Award is a special honor recognizing individuals whose body of work has made an enduring and significant impact on broadcasting and digital media storytelling.
D. Charles E. Merriam Award
The Charles E. Merriam Award is a distinguished honor in political science recognizing outstanding contributions that bridge academic research and practical politics.
E. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal is the Academy’s most prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to the public’s understanding and use of science.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lasker Award for Public Service
Target entity description: The Lasker Award for Public Service is a prestigious biomedical honor recognizing individuals or organizations for exceptional contributions to public health and medical research advocacy.

A. Jefferson Award for Public Service
The Jefferson Award for Public Service is a prestigious American honor recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding community and public service.
B. Peabody Institutional Award
The Peabody Institutional Award is a special honor presented by the Peabody Awards to recognize outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcasting and digital media by an organization or institution.
C. Peabody Career Achievement Award
The Peabody Career Achievement Award is a special honor recognizing individuals whose body of work has made an enduring and significant impact on broadcasting and digital media storytelling.
D. Charles E. Merriam Award
The Charles E. Merriam Award is a distinguished honor in political science recognizing outstanding contributions that bridge academic research and practical politics.
E. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal
The National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal is the Academy’s most prestigious honor recognizing extraordinary contributions to the public’s understanding and use of science.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biomedical award ⓘ medical research award ⓘ public service award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ linked to: Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
awardedForTo	individuals ⓘ organizations ⓘ
awardFor	exceptional contributions to public health ⓘ leadership in medical research advocacy ⓘ outstanding public service in support of medical research ⓘ
awardType	non-monetary honor with citation and statuette ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
domain	biomedical research funding advocacy ⓘ health policy ⓘ
field	biomedical science ⓘ medical research advocacy ⓘ public health ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	science and medicine award ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	Public Service in support of medical research and public health ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMediaCoverageIn	major news outlets ⓘ scientific journals ⓘ
hasMotto	“America’s Nobels” (nickname of Lasker Awards as a group) ⓘ linked to: Lasker Award
hasParentOrganization	Lasker Foundation Board of Directors ⓘ linked to: Lasker Foundation
hasSelectionBody	Lasker Public Service Award Jury ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://laskerfoundation.org ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the most prestigious American biomedical awards ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
namedAfter	Albert Lasker ⓘ
notableRecipient	Anthony Fauci ⓘ linked to: Anthony S. Fauci Bill Gates ⓘ Melinda French Gates ⓘ National Institutes of Health ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ
partOf	Lasker Awards ⓘ linked to: Lasker Award
presentedBy	Lasker Foundation ⓘ
relatedAward	Lasker Basic Medical Research Award ⓘ linked to: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award ⓘ linked to: Lasker Award for Public Service Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ linked to: Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
selectionCriteria	advocacy for biomedical research funding ⓘ impact on public understanding and support of medical research ⓘ improvement of public health policy ⓘ
sponsor	Lasker Foundation ⓘ

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