The winner of the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize will be announced in February 2019.

 

About the Vanderbilt Prize:

Vanderbilt Prize winners are women who have made significant contributions to the science of medicine. At Vanderbilt, we believe that for society to benefit from biomedical research, we must engage women in basic and clinical investigation, nurture their careers, and attract the most capable individuals. We created the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science to honor and recognize a woman scientist of national reputation who has a stellar record of research accomplishments and is known for her mentorship of women in science. The Vanderbilt Prize winner also nurtures the career, research, and studies of a promising woman beginning her PhD studies at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. The prize recipient gives a lecture at Vanderbilt, will serve as a mentor to the Vanderbilt Prize Scholar, and receives an honorarium.

 

Eligibility:

Nominees for the Vanderbilt Prize must be women scientists in any area of basic or clinical research or clinical practice. The nominee must have a national reputation, a stellar record of research accomplishments, and must be an active mentor of other women in science. We encourage nominators to consider women of underrepresented populations when selecting a nominee.

Nomination Process:

There is no limit to the number of qualified women scientists an institution may nominate. A complete nomination packet must include the following (as one .pdf) in the order listed below:

• Completed nomination form (download template here)

• A letter of nomination from the nominee’s department chair or dean

• One letter of recommendation from a distinguished peer in basic or clinical research or in clinical practice

• Nominee’s complete CV

Nominations are not currently being accepted. If you have any questions, please contact Anna Haase at anna-sofia.haase@vumc.org or at (615) 875-7529.

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Congratulations to the 2018 recipient of the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, Dr. Angelika Amon!

Angelika Amon, Ph.D., is the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research and professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. She also is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.  Read her full bio here. Dr. Amon will visit Vanderbilt and deliver a Flexner Discovery Lecture as she accepts the Vanderbilt Prize on January 31, 2019.

 

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Prize Recipients

 

2017
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D.
J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Director, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology
Chair, University of Rochester Graduate Women in Science

Dr. Maquat will deliver the Vanderbilt Prize lecture as a part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series on November 29, 2018 at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.

 

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2016
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

See a video of Dr. Fuchs' Vanderbilt Prize lecture, Stem Cells in Science, Action, and Cancer, as a part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series held on March 30, 2017, at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.

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