Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1971

Vanderbilt University

“for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones”

Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. was an American biochemist. He was awarded the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the mechanisms of action of hormones. He was affiliated with Vanderbilt University.

Field
Medicine · Endocrinology
Lifespan
1915–1974