Mary-Claire King ’67 Receives Prestigious Lasker Foundation Award

Mary-Claire King ’67, professor of genome sciences and of medicine at the University of Washington, has received the 2014 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science. King is a world leader in cancer genetics and in the application of genetics to resolution of human rights abuses. The foundation cited her “bold, imaginative and diverse contributions to medical science and human rights. … Her work has touched families around the world.” The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation award is one of the most prestigious scientific prizes. The Special Achievement Award recognizes exceptional leadership and citizenship in biomedical science.

She was presented the award on Sept. 19 in New York City.

King presented a convocation at Carleton in the spring of 2002, and was profiled in the alumni magazine, the Voice, that same year.  

Read more about King’s accomplishments leading to her Lasker Award in UW Health Sciences NewsBeat.