Peregrinations of a Physician-Scientist: Sight and Life - Alfred Sommer - 11th APSA Annual Meeting
Channel: American Physician Scientists Association (APSA)
Date: 2015-10-25

Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS, delivered the 2015 Lasker/APSA Award Lecture at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) in Chicago, IL.  Dr. Sommer has had a distinguished career in the fields of global health and epidemiology.  His discovery of the importance of Vitamin A in preventing childhood mortality has saved millions of children from death and prevented millions of cases of childhood blindness throughout the world.  Dr. Sommer's lecture, which described his career as a physician-scientist and included advice for young physician-scientists, was titled "Peregrinations of a Physician-Scientist: Sight and Life".  APSA is grateful to the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for making this award lecture possible.  To learn more about the Lasker Foundation, visit http://www.laskerfoundation.org/