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Milstein Award Laureates from 1988 to Present

The Milstein Awards – 30 Years of Support Leading to New Treatments in Immunology, Rheumatology, Cancer, Infectious Disease and Inflammation

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Warren J. Leonard, MD

Warren J. Leonard, MD

2020 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


The ICIS Awards Committee has chosen Warren J. Leonard, MD as the recipient of the 2020 Seymour & Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research in recognition of his ground breaking scientific contributions in both the basic biology of cytokine signalling (particularly IL-2 and related cytokines) and translational aspects, where he performed pioneering work in the area of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. His work continues to explore the role of cytokines in immune dysregulation.


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Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

2018 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


The ICIS Awards Committee have chosen Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD, as one of the recipients of the 2018 Seymour & Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research in recognition of her numerous contributions and impact on our...


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Carl Nathan

Carl Nathan

2016 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


Carl Nathan, R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor and chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College and co-chair of the Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis at Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell...


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Alberto Mantovani

Alberto Mantovani

2015 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


Scientific Director, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, President,  Fondazione Humanitas per la Ricerca and Full Professor of General Pathology, School of Medicine, Humanitas University. Main contributions Tumor biology. Demonstration in the late ‘70s of the protumor...


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Xiaoxia Li, Ph.D.

Xiaoxia Li, Ph.D.

2013 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Dr. Xiaoxia Li received her Bachelor degree from Wuhan University in China and came to the United States for her doctoral training in 1983. She received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from M.D....


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Jean-Laurent Casanova, Ph.D.

Jean-Laurent Casanova, Ph.D.

2012 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA Rockefeller University The ISICR is proud to announce the winner of the 2012 Milstein Award. Dr. Jean-Laurent Casanova is Senior Attending Physician and Professor, St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, at The Rockefeller University. Dr....


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Eleanor Fish, Ph.D.

Eleanor Fish, Ph.D.

2010 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


CANADA University of Toronto, Department of Immunology Dr. Eleanor Fish is Senior Scientist and Head of the Division of Cellular & Molecular Biology at Toronto General Research Institute.Dr. Fish is being h onored for her distinguished career characterized by...


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Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D.

Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D.

2008 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA National Cancer Institute Dr. Trinchieri was most recently the Director of the Schering Plough Laboratory for Immunological Research in Dardilly, France, and an NIH Fogarty Scholar at the Laboratory for Parasitic Diseases, NIAID.  Since August 2006, he has been...


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Michael Gale, Ph.D.

Michael Gale, Ph.D.

2006 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA University of Washington Dr. Michael Gale, Jr.is Professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Washington in Seattle.  He also serves as Adjunct Professor in Microbiology and Global Health as well as Affiliate Investigator in the Clinical...


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Nancy Reich, Ph.D.

Nancy Reich, Ph.D.

2005 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA University of New York – Stony Brook Dr. Reich received her B.A. from Hofstra University and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.She performed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. James Darnell at Rockefeller University where...


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John Hiscott, Ph.D.

John Hiscott, Ph.D.

2003 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


CANADA McGill University Dr. Hiscott is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology and Oncology at McGill University and is the Director of the Molecular Oncology Group at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.Dr. Hiscott...


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David Levy, Ph.D.

David Levy, Ph.D.

2002 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA New York University Dr. Levy is a faculty member at the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at New York University School of Medicine where he is a Professor of Pathology and holds the Dr. Louis A. Schneider Endowed Chair in Molecular Pathology. He...


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John Kirkwood, M.D.

John Kirkwood, M.D.

2000 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA University of Pittsburgh Dr. Kirkwood is Associate Director of the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, where he has been the Director of the Melanoma Center since 1985. Following his relocation from Yale to the University...


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Otto Haller, Ph.D.

Otto Haller, Ph.D.

1998 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


GERMANY Universitatsklinikum Freiburg Dr. Haller is a full pr ofessor and director of the Department of Virology at the University of Freiburg in Frieburg Germany.  His research team focuses on Mx Proteins as large GTPases involved in host defense against RNA viruses,...


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Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D.

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D.

1996 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA Washington University Dr. Schreiber is the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine and Leader of the Tumor Immunology Program of the Washington University Siteman Cancer Center.  He received his...


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R. Michael Roberts, Ph.D.

R. Michael Roberts, Ph.D.

1995 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA University of Missouri Dr. Roberts is the Curators’ Professor of Animal Science and Biochemistry at the University of Missouri and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received his B.A. in botany and his Ph.D. in plant physiology and biochemistry at...


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Yukio Mitsui, Ph.D.

Yukio Mitsui, Ph.D.

1994 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


JAPAN Professor, Nagaoka University of Technology. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Prof. Mitsui graduated from the Department of Pharmaceutical Science of the University of Tokyo and obtained his Ph.D. in 1966. After graduation, he moved to Yale University, New Haven,...


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Ian Kerr, Ph.D.

Ian Kerr, Ph.D.

1993 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


UK London Research Institute Dr. Ian Kerr has had a long and very distinguished career studying the mechanism of action of the interferons. Obtaining his Ph.D. in 1963, he did postdoctoral work at Stanford and MIT, and was a group leader at the MRC National Institute...


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Bryan R.G. Williams, Ph.D.

Bryan R.G. Williams, Ph.D.

1990 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


USA Monash Institute of Medical Research Professor Williams is currently Institute Director of the Monash Institute of Medical Research. He has a distinguished research career spanning over 30 years in the areas of innate immunity and cancer biology, and has published...


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Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Ph.D.

Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Ph.D.

1988 MILSTEIN AWARD WINNER


JAPAN University of Tokyo Dr. Taniguchi, Professor and Chair of the Immunology Laboratory, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, has performed groundbreaking research in molecular immun