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 Associate Professor

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Lecture will be held on January 5, 2022. Details will be forthcoming.

Honoree: Drew Weissman, MD, PhD

Drew Weissman, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Lecture will be held on January 5, 2022. Details will be forthcoming.

Past Prize Recipients

Learn about winners of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, which is awarded by Columbia University to scientists for their outstanding basic research in biology or biochemistry.

History

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