拉斯克医学奖

自1945年以来拉斯克医学奖每年颁给在研究、诊断、治疗和预防人类疾病方面做出卓越贡献的人。

The Lasker Awards are given annually to people who have made major advances in the understanding , diagnosis , treatment , cure and prevention of human diseases since 1945 .

药学家屠呦呦由于青蒿素的发现和在治疗疟疾方面的杰出贡献，成为中国大陆第一个赢得拉斯克奖医学奖的科学家。

Pharmacologist Tu Youyou has become the first scientist on the mainland to win America 's respected Lasker Award for her discovery of a new approach to malaria treatment .

2011年，屠呦呦获得拉斯克奖临床医学研究奖（LaskerAward），被授予25万美元奖金以表彰她发现青蒿素，当时一些中国及西方的疟疾专家提出了抗议。

In 2011 , when she won the $ 250000 Lasker Award for clinical medical research , which named her the discoverer of artemisinin , some Chinese and Western malaria experts protested .