Jury Members
Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
2016
Dr. Titia de Lange
Leon Hess Professor of Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Inder Verma
Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Genetics,
The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Dr. Thomas Jessell
Claire Tow Professor of Motor Neuron Disorders, Columbia University
Dr. Peter Walter
Professor and Chair of Biochemistry/Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Joan Massague
Director, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Huda Zoghbi
Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov
David W. Wallace Professor of Immunology, Yale School of Medicine
Vilcek Prize in Theatre
2016
Teresa Eyring
Executive Director,
Theatre Communications Group
Bebe Neuwirth
Actress
Susan Hilferty
Costume Designer
Jim Nicola
Artistic Director,
New York Theatre Workshop
David Hwang
Playwright
Lynn Nottage
Playwright
Mara Isaacs
Creative Producer,
Octopus Theatricals
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
2016
Dr. Heran Darwin
Professor of Microbiology,
New York University School of Medicine
Dr. Peter Palese
Horace W. Goldsmith Professor and Chair of Microbiology, Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Laurie Dempsey
Senior Editor, Nature Immunology,
Nature Publishing Group
Dr. Leslie Vosshall
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Yibin Kang
Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Dr. Jedd Wolchok
Lloyd J. Old Chair for Clinical Investigation,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre
2016
Koji Aoshika
Vice President,
Music Theatre International
Kristin Marting
Co-founder and Artistic Director,
HERE Center for the Arts
Christopher Hibma
Producing Director, Theatre Program,
Sundance Institute
Michael Robertson
Managing Director,
The Lark
Sade Lythcott
CEO,
National Black Theater
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