History
![Louisa Gross Horwitz on the left, and her son, S. Gross Horwitz on the right.](https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=KOgeXgfu 200w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=CDu2i0G2 260w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=VvJE7dKS 320w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=3u8SD9vb 400w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=6YkGCoyX 520w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=hdHf6MNl 640w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=IwmbuZFD 800w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=dp-WW_sI 1040w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=0MhCx1If 1200w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-prize-history.jpg?itok=tkKLXRTR 1280w)
Louisa Gross Horwitz and her son, S. Gross Horwitz
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was established under the will of the late S. Gross Horwitz through a bequest to Columbia University and is named to honor the donor's mother. Louisa Gross Horwitz was the daughter of Dr. Samuel David Gross (1805–1889), a prominent Philadelphia surgeon and author of the outstanding two volume Systems of Surgery, who served as President of the American Medical Association.
The prize consists of an honorarium and citation that are awarded at a special presentation event. Unless otherwise recommended by the Prize Committee, the prize is awarded annually.
Prize recipients discuss their research as part of a lecture series at Columbia. For more information, view the Horwitz Prize Lecture Series.
Horwitz Prize Lecture Series
![Katrina Armstrong, MD, CEO and Dean of CUIMC, presenting the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD](https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=cwYHpXZv 200w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=LFMeW5aD 260w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=Qh8YfvfK 320w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=9_pdBgZ6 400w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=ionwkck- 520w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=LAK3LdMi 640w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=gjnYyGG3 800w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=n0obSGKt 1040w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=HgzTkMHD 1280w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600_16_9/public/media/images/2022-11/horwitz-2022-hero.jpg?itok=vnYI4awY 1600w)
View details on the past prize recipients' discussions of their research as well as details on this years upcoming lecture.