Biography
Irvine Heinly Page (January 7, 1901 – June 10, 1991) was an American physiologist who played an important part in the field of hypertension for almost 60 years while working at the Cleveland Clinic as the first Chair of Research. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Irvine Page was born on January 7, 1901, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended college at Cornell University , with an undergraduate degree in chemistry (1921) and an M.D. degree in 1926. [ 4 ] Page completed his internship at Presbyterian and Bellevue Hospitals in New York City. [ 5 ] After completing his internship, Page then performed research in physical chemistry at Woods Hole and then New York. In 1928 he joined the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Munich , Germany where he started a new department of neurochemistry . With the coming rise to power of Hitler , Page left Munich in 1931 to work with Donald Van Slyke at The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute through 1937. Page then moved back to Indianapolis as Director of the Laboratory for Clinical Research at Eli Lilly at City Hospital . In 1945, Page then organized a new research division at the Cleveland Clinic . [ 5 ] Education: Cornell University
About the Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."
Quick Facts
- Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Established: 1946
- Presented by: Lasker Foundation