Past Martin Prize Recipients


2017
Alex Soukas, MD, PhD  

Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine, Endocrine Division, Diabetes Unit
Center for Genomic Medicine

 

"An Ancient, Unified Mechanism for Metformin Growth Inhibition in C. elegans and Cancer"

Daniel MacArthur, PhD
Department of Medicine, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit
Center for Genomic Medicine

 

"Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans"

2016  

Andrew T. Chan, MD
Medicine
Gastrointestinal Unit

 

"Association of aspirin and NSAID use with risk of colorectal cancer according to genetic variants"
 

Filip K. Swirski, PhD
Radiology
Center for Systems Biology

 

"Interleukin-3 amplifies acute inflammation and is a potential therapeutic target in sepsis"

 2015
 

Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD
Center for Cancer Research

"Targeting Cancer Metastasis Through Circulating Tumor Cells"

Sek Kathiresan, MD
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center


"Leveraging Human Knockouts to Understand Wellness and Disease"

 2014
 

Jayaraj Rajagopal, MD
Center for Regenerative Medicine


"Dedifferentiation of committed epithelial cells into stem cells in vivo."

Stephanie Seminara, MD
Reproductive Endocrine Unit


"Ataxia, dementia, and hypogonadotropism caused by disordered ubiquitination"

 2013

Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology

"Reach and grasp by people with tetraplegia using a neurally controlled robotic arm". Nature: 2012;485:372-7.

Michael Talkowski, PhD
Center for Human Genetic Research


"Sequencing Chromosomal Abnormalities Reveals Neurodevelopmental Loci that Confer Risk across Diagnostic Boundaries", Cell 2012 Apr.27: 149(3):525-37.

 2012

 

Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology

Jose Baselga, MD, PhD
Division of Hematology and Oncology

2011

 

Vamsi Mootha, MD
Molecular Biology

Eunice Kwak, MD, PhD
MGH Cancer Center

 2010

 

Nir Hacohen, PhD
Rheumatology Unit
Scott Plotkin, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology

 2009

 

Sylvie Breton

Sylvie Breton, PhD
Membrane Biology

David Sachs, MD
Transplant Surgery