Professor Schally shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine with researcher Roger Guillemin for the discovery of hypothalamic hormones, their isolation and demonstration of their biological effects.
His work is documented in more than 2500 scientific publications, books and book chapters. The active ingredients of several drugs still used in human therapy today have been tested and developed at his institute.
In addition to the Nobel Prize in Medicine, his internationally highly regarded professional and scientific research has been recognised by a number of prestigious awards, including the Charles Mickle Prize, the Albert Lasker Prize and the French Legion of Honour. He has held honorary doctorates at more than 30 universities worldwide, including the University of Debrecen (DE) since 2012 by appointment of the Faculty of Pharmacy (GYTK).
Since 2006, he has had a very intensive and fruitful scientific collaboration with Professor Gábor Halmos, Head of the Department of Biopharmacy at DE GYTK, and his team, which has been marked by more than 70 joint scientific publications, textbooks and book chapters, as well as other publications, joint scientific proposals and PhD dissertations.
Professor Schally's institute at the University of Miami has hosted several researchers and collaborators from Debrecen for short and longer periods of time.
He welcomed the DE GYTK, which was celebrating its 20th anniversary in November 2023, and wished the University of Debrecen and its faculty successful and fruitful work.
More recently, The New York Times, among others, commemorated Professor Schally with a photo of his honorary doctorate lecture in the University of Debrecen's Lobby in 2012.
His official farewell was held in Coral Gables (Florida, U.S.A.) 24 October, 2024.
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