# Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

_American medical physicist (1921-2011)_

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> Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She was the second woman, and the first American-born woman, to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 July 1921 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P569))
- **Place of birth:** New York City ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P19))
- **Died:** 30 May 2011 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P570))
- **Place of death:** The Bronx ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; physician; university teacher; biophysicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P106))
- **Education:** New York University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hunter College; Walton High School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P69))
- **Spouse:** A. Aaron Yalow ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P26))
- **Awards:** Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; National Women's Hall of Fame; Canada Gairdner International Award; AMA Scientific Achievement Award; National Medal of Science; Dickson Prize in Medicine; Women in Technology Hall of Fame; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fred Conrad Koch Award; honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta; honorary doctor of the University of Miami; Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year; Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize; honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402#P166))

## Questions

**When was Rosalyn Sussman Yalow born?**  
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was born on 19 July 1921 in New York City.

**Where did Rosalyn Sussman Yalow study?**  
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was educated at New York University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Hunter College, Walton High School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Rosalyn Sussman Yalow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q107402](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107402) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Rosalyn Yalow.jpg by US Information Agency (see image credits at the end) (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosalyn_Yalow.jpg)

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## Cite this page

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