About Tu Youyou Award
Professor Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 for her groundbreaking work in the discovery of artemisinin, a drug that has significantly reduced the mortality rates for patients suffering from malaria. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), which incorporate artemisinin and other antimalarial drugs, are now the standard treatment for malaria recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Tu Youyou's work has had a profound impact on global health, particularly in regions where malaria is endemic.
In 2009, after years of studying the research of Artemisinin conducted by Professor Tu Youyou’s group, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, the founder of MDPI, published a Special Issue in the MDPI journal Molecules for celebrating Professor Tu Youyou’s 80th birthday. In this Special Issue, Professor Fulong Liao from the China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences published an Editorial and introduced the works of discoveries of Artemisinin by Professor Tu Youyou and her team.
Professor Tu Youyou's contributions to medicine have been widely recognized. In addition to the Nobel Prize, she has received numerous accolades, including the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and the Medal of the Republic, China's highest state honor.
To honor Professor Tu Youyou's remarkable contributions to human health and to continue with her achievements, MDPI established the Tu Youyou Award in 2016. This award aims to acknowledge exceptional scholars committed to the research fields of natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry.
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Prize
The Tu Youyou Award consists of a monetary prize of 100,000 CHF in total and an award medal for each recipient. If there is more than one winner, the monetary prize will be divided equally amongst the winners.
Awarding Committee
Prof. Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn
The Awarding Committee for the Tu Youyou Award 2024 is chaired by Prof. Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, USA. Prof. Dr. Kinghorn is a leading expert in pharmacognosy and natural products research. He is recognized for his key contributions to discovering bioactive compounds from plants, especially in anticancer, cancer chemopreventive, and substances with a sweet taste and taste-modifying agents. His prolific contributions include over 590 peer-reviewed works and book chapters and edited or co-edited 40 scientific volumes.
The other committee members will be announced after the prize is awarded.
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