The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
About the 2021 Horwitz Prize Recipients
Columbia University announces Katalin Karikó, PhD and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD as the 2021 recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. For more information please visit the announcement from the CUIMC Newsroom.
For more information, view our list of all past prize recipients.
Honoree: Katalin Karikó, PhD
Senior Vice President, BioNTech SE
Adjunct Professor
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Lecture: "Developing mRNA for Therapy" will be held March 1, 2022 at 3:30p.m.
Alumni Auditorium
650 W 168th St, 1st Fl
In-person for CU affiliates and
Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform
Presentation of the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz PRizes to follow Dr. Krikó's lecture.
Honoree: Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Lecture: "Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics" will be held March 1, 2022 at 10 a.m.
Roone Arledge Cinema
Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway, 2nd Fl
In-person for CU affiliates and
Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Award Presentation
Appreciation by David D. Ho, MD
Responses from Drs. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
March 1, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium
650 W 168th St, 1st Fl
In-person for CU affiliates and
Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform