AM25-MN-01-L - Landsteiner-Alter Award and Lectureship

Landsteiner-Alter Award was initiated in 1954 as the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship, honoring Karl Landsteiner, MD, whose lifetime research laid the foundation for modern blood transfusion therapy. Landsteiner was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research. The award was renamed the Landsteiner-Alter Award in 2021 to also honor Harvey Alter, MD, a longtime AABB member and leader in transfusion medicine, who received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research leading to the identification of the Hepatitis C virus. The Landsteiner-Alter Award recognizes a scientist whose original research has resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. The scientist who receives the award should have an international reputation in transfusion medicine or biotherapies.