Awards & Winners

Harald zur Hausen

Date of Birth 11-March-1936
Place of Birth Gelsenkirchen
(Münster, Germany)
Nationality Germany
Profession Professor, Virologist, Scientist
Harald zur Hausen is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cancer of the cervix, where he discovered the role of papilloma viruses, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008.

Awards by Harald zur Hausen

Check all the awards nominated and won by Harald zur Hausen.

2008


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For the discovery of the causative role of papilloma viruses in cancer of the cervix which led to the development of a successful HPV vaccine.)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer)