Horwitz Prize Committee
Each year, the President of Columbia University appoints a selection committee from among the University faculty, assisted by a panel of internationally known scientists distinguished in the fields of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology.
Members of the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Committee are:
Laura Landweber, PhD, Chair
Professor and Vice Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics; Professor, Biological Sciences in Systems Biology
Henry Colecraft, PhD
John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics; Professor of Pharmacology
Rui Costa, DVM, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology; Director and Chief Officer, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD
Percy and Joanne Uris Professor of Clinical Medicine; Professor, Pathology & Cell Biology, Genetics & Development, Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Institute for Cancer Genetics
Donna Farber, PhD
George H. Humphreys, II Professor of Surgical Sciences in Surgery; Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Sankar Ghosh, PhD
Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology & Immunology; Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Stephen Goff, PhD
Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Microbiology & Immunology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Carol Prives, PhD
DaCosta Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences