Prize Recipients

Silvi Rouskin receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing methods to unravel the shapes of RNA molecules inside cells and aiding the potential development of RNA-based therapeutics.

Michaela Gack receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for uncovering molecular mechanisms by which the human immune system triggers antiviral defenses, and for identifying potential vaccine and drug targets for emerging infectious diseases.

Pardis Sabeti receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for developing cutting-edge genome sequencing and bioinformatics tools to trace the origin and spread of deadly infectious diseases, including Ebola and Lassa fever, among others.

Elina Zuniga is an honoree for the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science.