Being a Physician-Scientist Today
JULY 12, 2017
Beth Kozel, a Lasker/NIH Clinical Research Scholar, talks about the challenges and rewards of being a physician-scientist.
Neufeld’s Advice to Young Scientists: Be the Best You Can Be
JULY 12, 2017
Lasker Laureate Elizabeth Neufeld on being a woman in academia in the late 1940s and early 1950s, her advice to young scientists today, and what getting a Lasker Award meant to her.
Winners of the 2017 Essay Contest
JUNE 28, 2017
The Lasker Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Essay Contest!
Q&A with the Winner of the 2016 Lasker Essay Contest
JUNE 27, 2017
David Ottenheimer shares with Lasker what inspired him to pursue a career in the field of psychiatric illness, the role of researchers in science communication, and how he sees his future as a young scientist.
Summer 2017 Newsletter
2017 Summer
Get advice on how to succeed in science from three accomplished women in science—Lasker Laureate Elizabeth Neufeld, president emerita of Princeton University Shirley Tilghman, and Lasker/NIH Clinical Research Scholar Beth Kozel. We also talk to the 2016 Lasker Essay Contest winner about his future as a young scientist.
Keeping Science and Society Healthy: Challenges for Scientists
JUNE 6, 2017
University Lecture. 2016 Lasker laureate Bruce Alberts gave a talk on April 18 at Virginia Commonwealth University tackling some of the most vexing questions of our times: science communication and science literacy.
Astrocytes and Glaucoma
MAY 23, 2017
The IRRF initiative has produced five review articles published in a special issue of Experimental Eye Research discussing the big questions in the Glaucoma field and identifying topics and experiments that should be addressed within the next five years.
Sol Snyder: Drugs, Neurotransmitters and the Brain
MAY 12, 2017
APSA Lecture. 2017 Lasker Lecture at the American Physician Scientists Association.
Claire Pomeroy on the State of Biomedical Research
MAY 1, 2017
Lasker President Claire Pomeroy on the role of science and biomedical research as the solution to many of our social vulnerabilities. An interview with The Atlantic's Steve Clemons.
Lasker Lecture at Duke University: William Kaelin, Jr.
APRIL 28, 2017
William Kaelin, Jr. spoke about oxygen sensing to medical school students, researchers, and faculty members at Duke University in the afternoon of April 12. That morning, he talked with high school students about pursuing scientific research.
