Awards & Winners

Joseph Edward Smadel

Joseph Edward Smadel was a U.S. physician and virologist. He introduced chloramphenicol as treatment for rickettsial diseases. In 1962, he became the first recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research .

Awards by Joseph Edward Smadel

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1962


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For outstanding contributions to the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of virus and rickettsial diseases, including the demonstration of the efficacy of chloramphenicol as a cure for rickettsial infections\u2014typhoid fever and epidemic and scrub typhus.)