The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the Cancer Research Institute, Inc., to scientists 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 Dr. William B. Coley[1], 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, Dr. Coley has become known as the "Father of Cancer Immunotherapy."
Recipients
2009
For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology
- Cornelis J.M. Melief, M.D., Ph.D.
For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology (joint prize)
- Frederick K. Alt, Ph.D.
- Klaus Rajewsky, M.D.
2008
- Michael J. Bevan, Ph.D., FRS
2007
- Jeffrey V. Ravetch
2006
2005
- James P. Allison
2004
- Shimon Sakaguchi
- Ethan M. Shevach
2003
- Jules A. Hoffmann
- Charles Janeway
- Bruno Lemaitre
- Ruslan Medzhitov
2002
- Lewis L. Lanier
- David H. Raulet
- Mark J. Smyth
2001
- Robert D. Schreiber
2000
- Mark M. Davis
- Michael Pfreundschuh
1999
- James E. Darnell, Jr.
- Ian M. Kerr
- Richard A. Lerner
- George R. Stark
- Greg Winter
1998
- Klas Kärre
- Lorenzo Moretta
- Ralph M. Steinman
1997
- Robert L. Coffman
- Tim R. Mosmann
- Stuart F. Schlossman
1996
- Giorgio Trinchieri
1995
- Ferdy J. Lejeune
- Malcolm A.S. Moore
- Timothy Springer
1993
- Pamela Bjorkman
- John Kappler
- Philippa Marrack
- Alvaro Morales
- Jack Strominger
- Don Wiley
1989
- Howard Grey
- Alain Townsend
- Emil Unanue
1987
1983
- Richard K. Gershon
1979
- Yuang-yun Chu
- Zongtang Sun
- Zhao-you Tang
1978
- Howard B. Andervont
- Jacob Furth
- Earl L. Green & Margaret C. Green
- Walter E. Heston
- Clarence C. Little
- George D. Snell
- Leonell C. Strong
1975
- Garry I. Abelev
- Edward A. Boyse
- Edgar J. Foley
- Robert A. Good
- Peter A. Gorer
- Ludwik Gross
- Gertrude Henle & Werner Henle
- Robert J. Huebner
- Edmund Klein
- Eva Klein & George Klein
- Donald L. Morton
- Lloyd J. Old
- Richmond T. Prehn
- Hans O. Sjogren
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