Our Nobel Laureates

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded annually for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and later economics.

The prize in Physiology or Medicine is given to those who, during the preceding year, "shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind" or who "shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine."

The University of Chicago Hospitals is proud to have been affiliated with 11 winners of this prestigious award.

In Physiology or Medicine

	Roger Sperry, 1981 PhD, Zoology, 1941 Assistant Professor of Anatomy, 1946-53 "For his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres"
	George Wald, 1967 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, 1934 "For their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye"
	Charles Brenton Huggins, 1966 William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor, 1962-1997 Director and Founder of the Ben May Institute, 1951-1971 Professor of Surgery, 1936-1962 Associate Professor, 1933-1936 Assistant Professor, 1929-1933 Instructor, 1927-1929 "For his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer" Obituary, 1997
	Konrad E. Bloch, 1964 Professor of Biochemistry, 1950-1954 Associate Professor, 1948-50 Assistant Professor, 1946-48 "For their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism"
	Sir John Eccles, 1963 Faculty, Institute of Biomedical Research, 1966-1968 Lecturer, Department of Physiology, 1966 "For their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane"
	James Dewey Watson, 1962 BSc, Zoology, 1947 "For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nuclear acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"
	George Wells Beadle, 1958 Professor Emeritus, 1975-1989 William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, 1969-75 Trustee, 1968-71; Honorary Trustee, 1971-1989 President and Trustee of the University, 1961-68 Professor of Biology, 1961-68 "For their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events"
	Edward Lawrie Tatum, 1958 AB, Chemistry, 1931 "For their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events"
	Hermann Joseph Muller, 1946 Associate Professor of Physiology, 1925 Staff, Manhattan Project, 1942-1943 "For the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
	Edward Adelbert Doisy, 1943 Lecturer in Medicine, 1940 "For his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K"
	Alexis Carrel, 1912 Post-Doctoral research, Department of Physiology, 1904-1905 "In recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs"

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