邵逸夫奖名单公布三个奖项

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Shaw Prize Council members prepare to announce the 2018 prizes at a press conference May 14 in Hong Kong. The 2018 Shaw Prize honors King’s pioneering work in breast cancer genetics.

At the UW School of Medicine, King is a professor of genome sciences and is an American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics.

Sir Run Run Shaw established the Shaw Prizes in 2002. The annual prizes are awarded for breakthroughs by scientists in the fields of mathematics, astronomy and life sciences. The awards were created to recognize individuals, regardless of race, nationality, gender and religious belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or applications and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on humanity.

The Shaw Prizes will be presented at a Sept. 16 ceremony in China. The prize carries a monetary award of $1.2 million. Shaw was leader in the Asian television and film industry. Throughout his lifetime he provided philanthropic support to colleges, hospitals, science, the arts and many other charities.