Sam Shapiro
Sam Shapiro · Science & Medicine
GM Cancer / Sloan-Kettering Prize
1914, New York City, United States — 1999, United States
United States
Sam Shapiro is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — GM Cancer / Sloan-Kettering Prize
Sam Shapiro was a biostatistician and epidemiologist who, with radiologist Philip Strax, designed and analyzed the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York trial, the first randomized study to prove that mammographic screening reduces breast-cancer mortality. In 1988 he became the first non-physician to receive the General Motors–Kettering Cancer Research Prize. He is documented as Jewish among the prize's Jewish recipients.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the GM Cancer Research Foundation Sloan & Kettering Prizes
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GM Cancer / Sloan-Kettering Prize
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the GM Cancer Research Foundation Sloan & Kettering Prizes
