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Eric Lander

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1957 · age 69

Eric Steven Lander is an American mathematician and geneticist who is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School.

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2017Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of LouvainAward2016Fellow of the AACR AcademyAward2015Philip Hauge Abelson PrizeAward2013Breakthrough Prize in Life SciencesAward2012Dan David PrizeAwardHarvey PrizeAward2010Albany Medical Center PrizeAward2004Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward2002Canada Gairdner International AwardAwardClarivate Citation LaureatesAward2001J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in MedicineAward1997Dickson Prize in MedicineAwardRobert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer ResearchAward, 19971978Rhodes ScholarshipAward1957Born3 February 1957

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Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain2017
Fellow of the AACR Academy2016
Philip Hauge Abelson Prize2015
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences2013
Harvey Prize2012
Dan David Prize2012
Mendel Medal2012
Albany Medical Center Prize2010
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship2004
Canada Gairdner International Award2002
Clarivate Citation Laureates2002
Max Delbrück Medal2001
J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine2001
Dickson Prize in Medicine1997
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research1997
Rhodes Scholarship1978
MacArthur Fellows Program
Honorary Doctor of Tel Aviv University
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University
Honorary Doctorate of Lund University
Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
Newcomb Cleveland Prize
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
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Dates
Born 1957 · age 69

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