Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

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Lasker Award lifetime achievement award medical science award

The Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals for lifetime contributions to medical science, including outstanding research, mentorship, and leadership in the biomedical community.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science	4
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science canonical	3
Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science	3
Albert Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science	1
Albert Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science	1
Lasker Special Achievement Award in Medical Science	1
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award	1
Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (named in his honor)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T507239 — 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.

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Target entity: Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Context triple: [Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, relatedTo, Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science]

A. Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is a prestigious American biomedical science prize often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize, honoring groundbreaking discoveries in fundamental medical research.
B. John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences
The John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific honor presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for notable contributions to a specific field of science.
C. Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is a prestigious Columbia University award recognizing outstanding basic research in biology and biochemistry that often precedes a Nobel Prize.
D. 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.
E. Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians
The Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians is a prestigious honor awarded by the Association of American Physicians to recognize outstanding contributions to academic medicine and biomedical research.
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-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Target entity description: The Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals for lifetime contributions to medical science, including outstanding research, mentorship, and leadership in the biomedical community.

A. Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is a prestigious American biomedical science prize often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize, honoring groundbreaking discoveries in fundamental medical research.
B. John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences
The John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific honor presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for notable contributions to a specific field of science.
C. Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is a prestigious Columbia University award recognizing outstanding basic research in biology and biochemistry that often precedes a Nobel Prize.
D. 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.
E. Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians
The Kober Medal of the Association of American Physicians is a prestigious honor awarded by the Association of American Physicians to recognize outstanding contributions to academic medicine and biomedical research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lasker Award ⓘ lifetime achievement award ⓘ medical science award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lasker Special Achievement Award ⓘ linked to: Lasker Award Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award ⓘ linked to: Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
awardFor	leadership in the biomedical community ⓘ lifetime contributions to medical science ⓘ mentorship in biomedical science ⓘ outstanding research in medical science ⓘ
awardType	non-monetary honor with cash prize component ⓘ
category	Special Achievement ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
domain	biomedical sciences ⓘ
field	biomedical research ⓘ medical science ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasComponent	cash prize ⓘ citation ⓘ medal ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://laskerfoundation.org/awards ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
namedAfter	Michael E. DeBakey Lasker-Koshland (Koshland family association) ⓘ linked to: Michael E. DeBakey
notableRecipient	Daniel E. Koshland Jr. ⓘ David Baltimore ⓘ Harold Varmus ⓘ James D. Watson ⓘ linked to: James Watson Joan A. Steitz ⓘ Paul A. Marks ⓘ Sydney Brenner ⓘ
partOf	Lasker Awards ⓘ linked to: Lasker Award
presentedBy	Lasker Foundation ⓘ
previousName	Lasker Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ linked to: Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
recognizes	individual scientists ⓘ
relatedAward	Albert 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
scope	international ⓘ
selectionCriteria	exemplary mentorship of scientists ⓘ influence on the biomedical research community ⓘ scientific leadership ⓘ sustained contributions to biomedical science ⓘ
sponsor	Lasker Foundation ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research → relatedTo → Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ

Roy Vagelos → awardReceived → Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ

Lasker Award for Public Service → alsoKnownAs → Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ