Awards & Winners

Irving Selikoff

Date of Birth 1915
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality
Dr. Irving J. Selikoff was a medical researcher who in the 1960s established a link between the inhalation of asbestos particles and lung-related ailments. His work is largely responsible for the regulation of asbestos today. He also co-discovered a treatment for tuberculosis.

Awards by Irving Selikoff

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1955


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(Joint award for establishing the great efficacy of isoniazid drugs in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis and generalized miliary tuberculosis.)