Drs. Leonard and O’Shea are honored for their respective contributions to the field of immunology, from fundamental discovery to therapeutic impact.
Warren J. Leonard, MD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
NIH Distinguished Investigator
John J. O'Shea, MD (Right)
Scientific Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
There may be no better example of the mission of Harrington Discovery Institute than the work being done by Stuart H. Orkin, MD.
Stuart H. Orkin, MD
David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Principal faculty member, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
HHMI Investigator at Boston Children's Hospital
In 2017, Dr. June’s breakthrough idea of using the HIV virus to deliver altered DNA to T cells led to the first FDA-approved personalized cell therapy for cancer.
Carl H. June, MD
Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
No one knew precisely what factors controlled blood cholesterol levels. Then Helen Hobbs came along.
Helen H. Hobbs, MD
Director, Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
