Prince Mahidol Award
Prince Mahidol Award Medal
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in medicine and public health
CountryThailand
Presented byPrince Mahidol Award Foundation
First awarded1992 (1992)
No. of laureates87 Laureates as of 2020
Websitewww.princemahidolaward.org

The Prince Mahidol Award (Thai: รางวัลสมเด็จเจ้าฟ้ามหิดล) is an annual award for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide. The award is given by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, which was founded by the Thai Royal Family in 1992.

Prince Mahidol Award Foundation

King Bhumibol Adulyadej founded the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation on 1 January 1992 on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of his father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, initially under the name "Mahidol Award Foundation", but since 28 July 1997 as "Prince Mahidol Award Foundation." In addition to the actual award, the Fund also promotes the memory of Prince Mahidol, who is regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is chairwoman of the Foundation Committee.

The award is given annually in two categories to international personalities or organizations:

  • For outstanding progress in medicine
  • For the active promotion of public health

and consists of:

  • a medal
  • a certificate
  • prize money (US $100,000)

Between 1992 and 2014, 70 prizes were awarded, including 32 in medicine and 38 in public health.[1]

Nomination process

  1. Any individual or group of individuals may be nominated by a national governmental agency, or by an individual. Nominations are transmitted to the secretary-general of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation.
  2. The nomination forms are forwarded to the Scientific Advisory Committee for initial screening.
  3. Once screened, the International Award Committee, which comprises several world-renowned experts in the fields of medicine and public health, will consider them and make recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
  4. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees makes final approval.[2]

Prince Mahidol Award Laureates

Source: Laureates

No.Award yearNameFlagCountryFieldNote
11992Sir William Richard Shaboe DollUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicinedeceased (July 24, 1997)
2Dr. Chen MinzhangChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaPublic healthdeceased
31993John B. StanburyUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicinedeceased (July 6, 2015)
4Dr. Ciro de QuadrosBrazilFederal Republic of BrazilPublic healthdeceased (May 28, 2014)
51994Professor William TragerUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicinedeceased (January 25, 1997)
6Dr. Ho Wang LeeSouth KoreaRepublic of KoreaPublic health
71995Professor Egon DiczfalusySwedenSwedenMedicine
8Professor Carl DjerassiUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
9Professor Frederick T. SaiGhanaRepublic of GhanaPublic healthdeceased (September 19, 2019)
10Dr. Nafis SadikPakistanIslamic Republic of PakistanPublic health
111996Professor Dr. Prasong TuchindaThailandThailandMedicine
12Dr. Suchitra NimmannityaThailandThailandMedicine
13Professor Vincent P. DoleUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
141997Dr. Satoshi OmuraJapanJapanMedicine
15Dr. P. Roy VagelosUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
16Professor Alfred SommerUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
17Dr. Guillermo ArroyaveGuatemalaGuatemalaPublic health
181998Dr. Rene FavaloroArgentinaRepublic of ArgentinaMedicinedeceased (July 29, 2000)
19Dr. Harvey D. WhiteNew ZealandNew ZealandMedicine
20Professor Kennedy F. ShortridgeAustraliaAustraliaPublic health
21Dr. Margaret F.C. ChanHong KongHong KongPublic health
221999Dr. R. Palmer BeasleyUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
23Dr. Adetokunbo Oluwole LucasNigeriaFederal Republic of NigeriaPublic health
24Dr. Tore GodalNorwayKingdom of NorwayPublic health
252000Professor Ernesto PollittPeruPeruMedicine
26Professor David JP BarkerUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
27Sir Richard PetoUnited KingdomUnited KingdomPublic health
28Sir Iain Geoffrey ChalmersUnited KingdomUnited KingdomPublic health
292001Sir David John WeatherallUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
30Professor Lam Sai KitMalaysiaMalaysiaPublic health
31Professor Barry J. MarshallAustraliaAustraliaPublic health
322002Professor Thomas E. StarzlUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
33Sir Roy CalneUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
34Dr. Maurice R. HillemanUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
35Dr. P. Helena MakelaFinlandRepublic of FinlandPublic health
362003Professor Herbert L. NeedlemanUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
37China Cooperative Research GroupChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaMedicineon Qinghaosu and its derivatives as Antimalarials
382004Professor Norman SartoriusGermanyFederal Republic of GermanyMedicine
39Professor Jonathan M. SametUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
402005Professor Harald Zur HausenGermanyFederal Republic of GermanyPublic health
41Professor Eugene GoldwasserUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
422006Professor Stanley G. SchultzUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicinedeceased (October 23, 2014)
43Dr. Richard A. CashUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
44Dr. David R. NalinUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
45Dr. Dilip MahalanabisIndiaIndiaPublic health
462007Professor Basil Stuart HetzelAustraliaAustraliaPublic health
47Dr. Sanduk RuitNepalKingdom of NepalPublic health
48Professor Dr. Axel UllrichGermanyFederal Republic of GermanyMedicine
492008Professor Sergio Henrique FerreiraBrazilFederal Republic of BrazilMedicine
50Professor Michiaki TakahashiJapanJapanPublic health
51Professor Yu YongxinChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaPublic health
522009Professor Anne MillsUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
53Wiwat RojanapithayakornThailandThailandPublic health
54Mechai ViravaidyaThailandThailandPublic health
552010Robert E. BlackUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
56Kenneth H. BrownUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
57Kevin MarshUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
58Ananda Shiv PrasadUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
59Nicholas J. WhiteUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
602011Ruth F. BishopAustraliaAustraliaPublic health
61Aaron T. BeckUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
62David T. WongUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
632012Michael David RawlinsUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
64Uche Veronica AmazigoNigeriaFederal Republic of NigeriaPublic health
652013Jim Yong KimUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic health
66David D. HoUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
67Anthony FauciUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
68Peter PiotBelgiumBelgiumPublic health
692014Donald A. HendersonUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
70Akiro EndoJapanJapanMedicine
712015Michael Gideon MarmotUnited KingdomUnited KingdomPublic Health
72Morton M. MowerUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
732016Vladimir HachinskiCanadaCanadaPublic Health
74Sir Gregory Paul WinterUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
752017Rachel SchneersonUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
76Porter W. Anderson Jr.United StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
77Mathuram SantoshamUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
78John B. RobbinsUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
79Human Genome ProjectMedicine
802018John D. ClemensUnited StatesUnited StatesPublic Health
81Jan R. HolmgrenSwedenSwedenPublic Health
82Mary-Claire KingUnited KingdomUnited KingdomMedicine
83Brian J. DrukerUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
842019Ralf BartenschlagerGermanyGermanyMedicine
85David MabeyUnited KingdomUnited KingdomPublic Health
862020Valentín FusterUnited StatesUnited StatesMedicine
87Bernard PécoulFranceFrancePublic Health
88 2021 Katalin Karikó United States United States Medicine
89 Drew Weissman United States United States Medicine
90 Pieter Cullis Canada Canada Medicine

See also

References

  1. "List of winners". Prince Mahidol Award Foundation. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. "Nomination Procedures". Prince Mahidol Award Foundation. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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