Announcing the 2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Awardees
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Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
In partnership with Harvard Medical School, we recognize the world’s most foremost scientists, physicians and researchers for their breakthroughs in bio-medicine.
2026 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Winners
For enabling curative genetic therapies for individuals with the major hemoglobin disorders, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and beta-thalassemia. In rigorous studies over two decades, they discovered how to reactivate production of fetal hemoglobin in adults, and optimized hematopoietic cell reconstitution procedures, bringing molecularly based therapies to patients.
Daniel Bauer
- Donald S. Fredrickson MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Director, Gene Therapy Program, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Stuart Orkin
- David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital
Vijay G. Sankaran
- Jan Ellen Paradise, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital
Swee Lay Thein
- Chief, Sickle Cell Branch and Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH
John Tisdale
- Senior Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH
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As a society, we have all benefited from the medical discoveries of scientists and researchers such as those honored by the Warren Alpert Foundation. Their tireless efforts and determination have allowed many to lead fuller, healthier and longer lives. It is a privilege to be able to recognize these individuals.
- Warren Alpert