Columbia University has awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for outstanding basic research in biology or biochemistry since 1967. The prize honors a scientific investigator, or group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge in biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition. The prize is awarded by a panel of internationally known scientists distinguished in the fields of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology.

About the Awardees

In 2018, Columbia announced Pierre Chambon, MD, Ronald Evans, PhD, and Bert O’Malley, MD as the recipientsof the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. For more information, read the announcement from the CUIMC Newsroom.

For more information, view our list of all past prize recipients.

Prize Qualifications

The Prize Committee recognizes no geographical limitations. The prize may be awarded to an individual or group. When the prize is awarded to a group, the honorarium will be divided among the recipients, and each member will receive a citation. Preference will be given to work done in the recent past.

History

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was established under the will of the late S. Gross Horwitz through a bequest to Columbia University and is named to honor the donor's mother. Louisa Gross Horwitz was the daughter of Dr. Samuel David Gross (1805–1889), a prominent Philadelphia surgeon and author of the outstanding Systems of Surgery, who served as President of the American Medical Association.

The prize consists of an honorarium and citation that are awarded at a special presentation event. Unless otherwise recommended by the Prize Committee, the prize is awarded annually.

Prize recipients discuss their research as part of a lecture series at Columbia. For more information, view the Horwitz Prize Lecture Series.

Recipients of the 2018 Horwitz Prize

Honoree

Bert W. O’Malley, MD

T. C. Thompson Distinguished Leadership Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chancellor, Baylor College of Medicine 

Lecture

“Science-based Medicine: Understanding Structure-Function of NR-Enhancer Coactivator Complexes with an Eye to Therapy”
Monday, October 29, 2018
10:00 a.m.
Davis Auditorium (Rm. 412), Schapiro Center (CEPSR)
530 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027

Ronald M. Evans, PhD

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Lecture

“Controlling Genes to Corral Cancer”
Monday, October 29, 2018
12:00 p.m.
Davis Auditorium (Rm. 412), Schapiro Center (CEPSR)
530 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027

Pierre Chambon, MD

Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Strasbourg
Group leader, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire 

Lecture

“Discovery of Non-Corticoid Selective GR Activators (SEGRAs) which selectively trigger the beneficial anti-inflammatory activity of glucocorticoids, but not their long-term debilitating effects”
Monday, October 29, 2018
3:30 p.m.
Davis Auditorium (Rm. 412), Schapiro Center (CEPSR)
530 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027