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The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the Cancer Research Institute, to scientists [1] 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 institute makes a number of awards for excellence in the field of cancer research. [1] William B. Coley Award. The William B. Coley Award is given annually to one or more scientists for outstanding achievements in the field of basic immunology and cancer immunology. Awardees receive an honorary medal and $5,000 prize.
William Bradley Coley (January 12, 1862 – April 16, 1936) was an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher best known for his early contributions to the study of cancer immunotherapy, specifically causing infection as a way to fight cancer, a practice used as far back as 1550 BC. [1]
William B. Coley Award: Cancer Research Institute: Outstanding achievements in the fields of basic and tumor immunology and work that has deepened our understanding of the immune system's response to disease, including cancer United States: William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research: Baxter International: Contributions to health care ...
William B. Coley Award: Cancer Research Institute: 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
In 2014, Freeman received the William B. Coley Award along with Tasuku Honjo, Lieping Chen and Arlene Sharpe. [3]In 2017, Freeman was one of the winners of the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, and in 2022 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
Snell received the Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award in 1978 for distinguished research in immunology. In 1988, he authored a substantial book, Search for a Rational Ethic, on the nature of ethics and the rules by which we live.
His research was honored with the 1993 Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award. Harvard called Wiley "one of the most influential biologists of his generation." In 1999, Wiley and another Harvard professor, Jack L. Strominger, won the Japan Prize for their discoveries of how the immune system protects humans from infections. [13]