The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the Cancer Research Institute, to scientistsWilliam B. Coley Award Retrieved February 7, 2019. who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of basic and tumor immunology and whose work has deepened our understanding of the immune system's response to disease, including cancer.
The first awards were made in 1975 to a group of 16 scientists called the "Founders of Cancer Immunology." In 1993, the award was renamed after William B. Coley, a late-nineteenth century surgeon who made the first attempts at the non-surgical treatment of cancer through stimulation of the immune system. For this reason, Coley has become known as the "Father of Cancer Immunotherapy."
Recipients Source:Cancer Research Institute 1975: Garry AbelevEdward A. BoyseEdgar J. FoleyRobert A. GoodPeter A. Gorer, FRSLudwik GrossGertrude Henle & Werner HenleRobert J. HuebnerEdmund KleinEva Klein & George KleinDonald L. MortonLloyd J. OldRichmond T. PrehnHans O. Sjögren 1978: Howard B. AndervontEarl L. Green & : Margaret C. GreenWalter E. HestonClarence C. LittleGeorge D. SnellLeonell C. Strong 1979: Yuang-yun ChuZongtang SunZhao-you Tang 1983: Richard K. Gershon 1987: Thierry BoonRolf M. Zinkernagel 1989: Alain TownsendEmil Unanue 1993: Pamela BjorkmanJohn KapplerPhilippa MarrackAlvaro MoralesJack StromingerDon Wiley 1995: Malcolm A. S. MooreTimothy Springer 1996: Giorgio Trinchieri 1997: 1998: Klas KärreRalph M. Steinman 1999: James E. Darnell, Jr.Ian M. KerrRichard A. LernerGeorge Robert Stark, FRSGreg Winter 2000: Mark M. Davis 2001: Robert D. Schreiber 2002: Lewis LanierDavid H. Raulet 2003: Jules A. HoffmannCharles JanewayBruno LemaitreRuslan Medzhitov 2004: Shimon SakaguchiEthan M. Shevach 2005: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor ImmunologyJames P. Allison 2006: For Distinguished Research in Basic ImmunologyShizuo AkiraBruce A. BeutlerFor Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyIan H. FrazerHarald zur Hausen 2007: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor ImmunologyJeffrey V. Ravetch 2008: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology, FRS 2009: For Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyCornelis MeliefFor Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology (joint prize)Frederick W. AltKlaus Rajewsky 2010: For Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyJérôme Galon 2011: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)Philip GreenbergSteven A. Rosenberg 2012: For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology (joint prize)Richard A. Flavell, FRS.Laurie H. GlimcherFor Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)Carl H. JuneMichel Sadelain 2013: For Distinguished Research in Basic ImmunologyMichael B. Karin 2014: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)Tasuku Honjo Lieping Chen Arlene Sharpe Gordon J. Freeman 2015: , for Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyAlexander Y. Rudensky, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology 2016: , for Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyDan R. Littman, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology 2017: Thomas F. Gajewski, for Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyRafi Ahmed, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology 2018: Miriam Merad, for Distinguished Research in Basic ImmunologyPadmanee Sharma, for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology 2019:For Distinguished Research in Basic ImmunologyZelig Eshhar Lawrence E. SamelsonBrian SeedArthur WeissFor Distinguished Research in Tumor ImmunologyElizabeth M. Jaffee Antoni Ribas 2020:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor ImmunologyAndrea Ablasser Glen N. BarberZhijian J. ChenVeit HornungRussell E. Vance 2021:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor ImmunologyKatalin Karikó Drew WeissmanUğur ŞahinÖzlem Türeci 2022:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor ImmunologyVishva Dixit Judy LiebermanFeng ShaoHao Wu 2023:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor ImmunologyTak W. Mak 2024:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor ImmunologyMark Anderson MD PhD
See also
List of biomedical science awards
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