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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) 1977 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Female (51) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1921 (10) 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 2010s (99) 2011 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) New York City (24) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) Y (9) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 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) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) University of Illinois (30) Urbana-Champaign (30) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (30) Alumni (11) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) City University of New York (21) Alumni (15) Short-term academic staff (4) 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) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) AMA Scientific Achievement Award (7) C-D (404) D (194) Dickson Prize in Medicine (14) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) M-N (333) N (205) 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: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow nobel prize: medicine award year: 1977 together with: Andrew Schally together with: Roger Guillemin prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 was divided, one half jointly to Roger Guillemin and Andrew V. Schally "for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain" and the other half to Rosalyn Yalow "for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Rosalyn family name: Yalow occupation: scientist occupation: physician occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: biophysics work location: Yeshiva University, 500 W 185th St, New York, NY, 10033-3299, United States of America description: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. She was the second American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine after Gerty Cori. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1977/summary/> date birth: 1921 date death: 2011 usual name: Rosalyn Yalow