Awards & Winners

Yuet Wai Kan

Date of Birth 1936
Place of Birth Hong Kong
(China, Asia, Eurasia)
Nationality Hong Kong, United States of America, China, Canada
Also know as Dr. Yuet Wai Kan
Profession Physician
Yuet Wai Kan FRS, is a Canadian and American medical scientist and physician. He is the current Louis K. Diamond Professor of Hematology and the head of the Division of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the former President of the American Society of Hematology.

Awards by Yuet Wai Kan

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1991


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For his pivotal contributions to the development of human genetics, most importantly in the area of the hemoglobinopathies using recombinant DNA technology.)

1984


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For his discovery of DNA polymorphism in sickle cell disease and thalassemia and its application to the antenatal diagnosis of human disease.)