2011年,屠呦呦获得拉斯克奖临床医学研究奖(LaskerAward),被授予25万美元奖金以表彰她发现青蒿素,当时一些中国及西方的疟疾专家提出了抗议。
In 2011 , when she won the $ 250000 Lasker Award for clinical medical research , which named her the discoverer of artemisinin , some Chinese and Western malaria experts protested .