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Harold E. Varmus

American scientist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1939 · age 86

Harold Eliot Varmus is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist. He is currently the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and a senior associate at the New York Genome Center.

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2012Glenn T. Seaborg MedalAward2005Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2004Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2001National Medal of ScienceAward1999ASCB Public Service AwardAward1989Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1984Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. PrizeAwardCanada Gairdner International AwardAward1982Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1939Born18 December 1939

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Glenn T. Seaborg Medal2012
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2005
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2004
National Medal of Science2001
ASCB Public Service Award1999
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1989
Canada Gairdner International Award1984
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize1984
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1982
Library of Congress Living Legend
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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
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Born 1939 · age 86

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