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James P. Allison

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American immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1948)

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James Patrick Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Allison is Regental Professor and Founding-Director of James P.

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Awards 28

2019Benjamin Franklin Medal
2018King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
2018Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2018Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
2018Albany Medical Center Prize
2018Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
2017Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
2017BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2017Wolf Prize in Medicine
2017Balzan Prize
2016Clarivate Citation Laureates
2015Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
2015Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
2014Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2014Harvey Prize
2014Canada Gairdner International Award
2014Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
2014Massry Prize
2014Tang Prize
2014Fellow of the AACR Academy
2014AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research
2013Novartis Prize for Clinical Immunology
2013AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology
2011Gabbay Award
2011American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
2006Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2005William B. Coley Award
Sjöberg Prize

Connected to James 6

Anthony FauciAlso won American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement AwardElizabeth BlackburnAlso won AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer ResearchTasuku HonjoAlso won Tang PrizeRobert EdwardsAlso won King Faisal International Prize in MedicineKatalin KarikóAlso won Albany Medical Center PrizeJohn Michael JumperAlso won Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

About this person

James Patrick Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Allison is Regental Professor and Founding-Director of James P. Allison Institute at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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United States
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Type
Academic
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living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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