# Prince Mahidol Award

The Prince Mahidol Award (Thai: รางวัลสมเด็จเจ้าฟ้ามหิดล) is an annual award for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide. The award is given by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, which was founded by the Thai Royal Family in 1992.

## Prince Mahidol Award Foundation

King Bhumibol Adulyadej founded the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation on 1 January 1992 on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of his father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, initially under the name "Mahidol Award Foundation", but since 28 July 1997 as "Prince Mahidol Award Foundation." In addition to the actual award, the Fund also promotes the memory of Prince Mahidol, who is regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health of Thailand. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is chairwoman of the Foundation Committee.
The award is given annually in two categories to international personalities or organizations:
* For outstanding progress in medicine
* For the active promotion of public health
and consists of:
* a medal
* a certificate
* prize money (US $100,000)
Between 1992 and 2014, 70 prizes were awarded, including 32 in medicine and 38 in public health.

### Nomination process

* Any individual or group of individuals may be nominated by a national governmental agency, or by an individual. Nominations are transmitted to the secretary-general of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation.
* The nomination forms are forwarded to the Scientific Advisory Committee for initial screening.
* Once screened, the International Award Committee, which comprises several world-renowned experts in the fields of medicine and public health, will consider them and make recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
* The Foundation’s Board of Trustees makes final approval.

### Prince Mahidol Award Laureates

Source: Laureates
| No. | Award year | Name | Country | Field | Note |
| 1 | 1992 | Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll | United Kingdom | Medicine | deceased (July 24, 1997) |
| 2 | 1992 | Dr. Chen Minzhang | People's Republic of China | Public health | deceased |
| 3 | 1993 | John B. Stanbury | United States | Medicine | deceased (July 6, 2015) |
| 4 | 1993 | Dr. Ciro de Quadros | Federal Republic of Brazil | Public health | deceased (May 28, 2014) |
| 5 | 1994 | Professor William Trager | United States | Medicine | deceased (January 25, 1997) |
| 6 | 1994 | Dr. Ho Wang Lee | Republic of Korea | Public health | |
| 7 | 1995 | Professor Egon Diczfalusy | Sweden | Medicine | |
| 8 | 1995 | Professor Carl Djerassi | United States | Medicine | |
| 9 | 1995 | Professor Frederick T. Sai | Republic of Ghana | Public health | deceased (September 19, 2019) |
| 10 | 1995 | Dr. Nafis Sadik | Islamic Republic of Pakistan | Public health | |
| 11 | 1996 | Professor Dr. Prasong Tuchinda | Thailand | Medicine | |
| 12 | 1996 | Dr. Suchitra Nimmannitya | Thailand | Medicine | |
| 13 | 1996 | Professor Vincent P. Dole | United States | Public health | |
| 14 | 1997 | Dr. Satoshi Omura | Japan | Medicine | |
| 15 | 1997 | Dr. P. Roy Vagelos | United States | Medicine | |
| 16 | 1997 | Professor Alfred Sommer | United States | Public health | |
| 17 | 1997 | Dr. Guillermo Arroyave | Guatemala | Public health | |
| 18 | 1998 | Dr. Rene Favaloro | Republic of Argentina | Medicine | deceased (July 29, 2000) |
| 19 | 1998 | Dr. Harvey D. White | New Zealand | Medicine | |
| 20 | 1998 | Professor Kennedy F. Shortridge | Australia | Public health | |
| 21 | 1998 | Dr. Margaret F.C. Chan | Hong Kong | Public health | |
| 22 | 1999 | Dr. R. Palmer Beasley | United States | Medicine | |
| 23 | 1999 | Dr. Adetokunbo Oluwole Lucas | Federal Republic of Nigeria | Public health | |
| 24 | 1999 | Dr. Tore Godal | Kingdom of Norway | Public health | |
| 25 | 2000 | Professor Ernesto Pollitt | Peru | Medicine | |
| 26 | 2000 | Professor David JP Barker | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 27 | 2000 | Sir Richard Peto | United Kingdom | Public health | |
| 28 | 2000 | Sir Iain Geoffrey Chalmers | United Kingdom | Public health | |
| 29 | 2001 | Sir David John Weatherall | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 30 | 2001 | Professor Lam Sai Kit | Malaysia | Public health | |
| 31 | 2001 | Professor Barry J. Marshall | Australia | Public health | |
| 32 | 2002 | Professor Thomas E. Starzl | United States | Medicine | |
| 33 | 2002 | Sir Roy Calne | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 34 | 2002 | Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman | United States | Public health | |
| 35 | 2002 | Dr. P. Helena Makela | Republic of Finland | Public health | |
| 36 | 2003 | Professor Herbert L. Needleman | United States | Public health | |
| 37 | 2003 | China Cooperative Research Group | People's Republic of China | Medicine | on Qinghaosu and its derivatives as Antimalarials |
| 38 | 2004 | Professor Norman Sartorius | Federal Republic of Germany | Medicine | |
| 39 | 2004 | Professor Jonathan M. Samet | United States | Public health | |
| 40 | 2005 | Professor Harald Zur Hausen | Federal Republic of Germany | Public health | |
| 41 | 2005 | Professor Eugene Goldwasser | United States | Medicine | |
| 42 | 2006 | Professor Stanley G. Schultz | United States | Medicine | deceased (October 23, 2014) |
| 43 | 2006 | Dr. Richard A. Cash | United States | Public health | |
| 44 | 2006 | Dr. David R. Nalin | United States | Public health | |
| 45 | 2006 | Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis | India | Public health | |
| 46 | 2007 | Professor Basil Stuart Hetzel | Australia | Public health | |
| 47 | 2007 | Dr. Sanduk Ruit | Kingdom of Nepal | Public health | |
| 48 | 2007 | Professor Dr. Axel Ullrich | Federal Republic of Germany | Medicine | |
| 49 | 2008 | Professor Sergio Henrique Ferreira | Federal Republic of Brazil | Medicine | |
| 50 | 2008 | Professor Michiaki Takahashi | Japan | Public health | |
| 51 | 2008 | Professor Yu Yongxin | People's Republic of China | Public health | |
| 52 | 2009 | Professor Anne Mills | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 53 | 2009 | Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn | Thailand | Public health | |
| 54 | 2009 | Mechai Viravaidya | Thailand | Public health | |
| 55 | 2010 | Robert E. Black | United States | Public health | |
| 56 | 2010 | Kenneth H. Brown | United States | Public health | |
| 57 | 2010 | Kevin Marsh | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 58 | 2010 | Ananda Shiv Prasad | United States | Public health | |
| 59 | 2010 | Nicholas J. White | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 60 | 2011 | Ruth F. Bishop | Australia | Public health | |
| 61 | 2011 | Aaron T. Beck | United States | Medicine | |
| 62 | 2011 | David T. Wong | United States | Medicine | |
| 63 | 2012 | Michael David Rawlins | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 64 | 2012 | Uche Veronica Amazigo | Federal Republic of Nigeria | Public health | |
| 65 | 2013 | Jim Yong Kim | United States | Public health | |
| 66 | 2013 | David D. Ho | United States | Medicine | |
| 67 | 2013 | Anthony Fauci | United States | Medicine | |
| 68 | 2013 | Peter Piot | Belgium | Public health | |
| 69 | 2014 | Donald A. Henderson | United States | Public Health | |
| 70 | 2014 | Akiro Endo | Japan | Medicine | |
| 71 | 2015 | Michael Gideon Marmot | United Kingdom | Public Health | |
| 72 | 2015 | Morton M. Mower | United States | Medicine | |
| 73 | 2016 | Vladimir Hachinski | Canada | Public Health | |
| 74 | 2016 | Sir Gregory Paul Winter | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 75 | 2017 | Rachel Schneerson | United States | Public Health | |
| 76 | 2017 | Porter W. Anderson Jr. | United States | Public Health | |
| 77 | 2017 | Mathuram Santosham | United States | Public Health | |
| 78 | 2017 | John B. Robbins | United States | Public Health | |
| 79 | 2017 | Human Genome Project | | Medicine |
| 80 | 2018 | John D. Clemens | United States | Public Health | |
| 81 | 2018 | Jan R. Holmgren | Sweden | Public Health | |
| 82 | 2018 | Mary-Claire King | United Kingdom | Medicine | |
| 83 | 2018 | Brian J. Druker | United States | Medicine | |
| 84 | 2019 | Ralf Bartenschlager | Germany | Medicine | |
| 85 | 2019 | David Mabey | United Kingdom | Public Health | |
| 86 | 2020 | Valentín Fuster | United States | Medicine | |
| 87 | 2020 | Bernard Pécoul | France | Public Health | |
| 88 | 2021 | Katalin Karikó | United States | Medicine | |
| 89 | 2021 | Drew Weissman | United States | Medicine | |
| 90 | 2021 | Pieter Cullis | Canada | Medicine | |