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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1976 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1923 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) New York (67) New York City (56) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2008 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, Nordic countries (49) Norway (8) Troms (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) D (34) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) D (19) Daniel (7) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 54 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Short-term academic staff (38) Rochester (12) University of Rochester (12) Alumni (7) Western states (262) California (253) Pasadena (73) California Institute of Technology (73) Short-term academic staff (40) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) Australian Academy of Science (13) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (20) T (12) The World Academy of Sciences (12) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (12) complete name: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek nobel prize: medicine award year: 1976 together with: Baruch Samuel Blumberg prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 was awarded jointly to Baruch S. Blumberg and D. Carleton Gajdusek "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Daniel family name: Gajdusek occupation: physician occupation: biologist occupation: virologist field of work: virology description: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient (with Baruch S. Blumberg) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on kuru, the first human prion disease demonstrated to be infectious. In 1996, Gajdusek was charged with child molestation and after being convicted, spent 12 months in prison before entering a self-imposed exile in Europe, where he died a decade later. His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. pronunciation: (pronounced GUY-dah-shek [ˈɡɑjdɑʃɛk]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1976/summary/> date birth: 1923 date death: 2008 usual name: Daniel Gajdusek
