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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 1980s (97) 1988 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1918 (22) 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 1990s (82) 1999 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Southeastern states (12) North Carolina (4) Chapel Hill (4) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) E (23) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 71 (22) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 38. Worked for Corporation 38. Worked for Corporation North America (23) United States (23) Southeastern states (2) North Carolina (2) Research Triangle Park (2) GlaxoSmithKline (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) City University of New York (21) Alumni (15) New York University (38) Alumni (11) Southeastern states (38) North Carolina (18) Durham (13) Duke University (13) Short-term academic staff (8) University of North Carolina (9) Chapel Hill (9) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (9) Short-term academic staff (6) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School North America (80) United States (78) Northeastern states (46) New York (38) New York City (35) Bronx (10) Walton High School (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Medicine (8) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards G-H (389) G (254) Garvan-Olin Medal (3) K-L (297) L (183) Lemelson-MIT Prize (1) M-N (333) N (205) National Inventor Hall of Fame (33) National Medal of Science (101) National Women's Hall of Fame (7) Q-Z (398) W (157) Women in Technology Hall of Fame (6) Women in Technology International (4) complete name: Gertrude Belle Elion nobel prize: medicine award year: 1988 together with: James Black together with: George H. Hitchings prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988 was awarded jointly to Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Gertrude Belle Elion given name: Gertrude family name: Elion occupation: physician occupation: pharmacist occupation: professor occupation: chemist occupation: biologist occupation: pharmacologist occupation: biochemist field of work: pharmacology work location: Duke University, 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC, 27708, United States of America description: Gertrude Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black. Working alone as well as with Hitchings and Black, Elion developed a multitude of new drugs, using innovative research methods that would later lead to the development of the AIDS drug AZT. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/summary/> date birth: 1918 date death: 1999 usual name: Gertrude Elion
