Mary Lasker
BA
Historical: Health Philanthropist and Founder of the Lasker Foundation
👥Biography 个人简介
Mary Lasker was a health philanthropist and advocate whose tireless lobbying was central to the creation of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and the expansion of NIH funding for biomedical research. She founded the Lasker Awards to recognize medical research achievement. She is widely regarded as the mother of the modern cancer advocacy movement.
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Last updated: 2026-04-01 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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