Lasker News
Nominations for the 2008 Lasker Awards are closed. Nominations for 2009 Awards open in November 2008.
Foundation Announces New President
Dr. Maria C. Freire will become President of the Lasker Foundation on March 1, 2008. (More>)
Your Congress Your Health
Compare legislators' views on health and research at a Web site developed with initial support from the Lasker Foundation. (More>)
Research!America: Funding by State
See how states rank in federal funding for research. (More>)
NIH Exhibition of Lasker Laureates
A display of photographs of Lasker Award winners opens at the NIH Clinical Center in Spring 2008.
Seymour Benzer, 1921-2007
Lasker laureate and geneticist Seymore Benzer died on November 30, 2007. (More>)
Coming Soon
Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly, by David M. Cutler, a book supported by the Foundation, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press in 2008
2007 Lasker Award Winners on Film