Collection of Daniel Carleton Gajdusek Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923-2008) was an American physician and medical researcher. He was the co-recipient (with Baruch S. Blumberg) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976. In 1996 Gajdusek was convicted of child molestation and spent 12 months in prison. 1951-2007