--- title: Elizabeth Blackburn | TIME description: Dr. Blackburn, a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. canonical: https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elizabeth Blackburn ## Elizabeth Blackburn _Dr. Blackburn, a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies._ ## Elizabeth Blackburn *  Aug 7, 2017 ### [Nobel Laureate: Please Put Your Disease on Hold as Congress Decides Whether to Cure It](https://time.com/4890013/congress-spending-bill-health-cuts-disease/) Scientific discovery could be on the brink of collapse [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 13, 2017 ### [Nobel Scientist: When Did We Start to Value Killing Over Living?](https://time.com/4736855/trump-health-military-budget/) President Trump has proposed funding for missiles over medicine [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/","name":"Elizabeth Blackburn"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/"},"name":"Elizabeth Blackburn","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dr. Blackburn, a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.","url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-blackburn/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```