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Honoring the basic research that facilitates breakthroughs in patient care

The Switzer Prize recognizes discoveries in basic research in the biological and biomedical sciences that have the potential to inspire transformative breakthroughs in medicine.

Irma and Norman Switzer

Norman and Irma Switzer

It is awarded annually to an individual investigator whose recent work has revealed new paradigms, illuminated biological processes or pathways, or explained the origins of pathologies or diseases.

The winner will receive a $25,000 honorarium and present an annual Switzer Prize lecture at UCLA. During a two-day visit, the recipient also will meet with students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members and others.  

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA established the prize to promote the importance of basic sciences research, which advances the understanding of biological systems and human physiology. Such research – a priority at UCLA – is essential to continued improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of illnesses.

The Switzer Prize is named in recognition of the generosity of Irma and Norman Switzer, who made a major gift to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

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