When was Drew Weissman born?

Drew Weissman was born on 7 September 1959 in Lexington.

Where did Drew Weissman study?

Drew Weissman was educated at Brandeis University, Boston University.

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Drew Weissman

American physician-scientist (born 1959)

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Drew Weissman (born September 7, 1959) is a Nobel Prize winning American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology.

Quick facts

Born: 7 September 1959 wd
Place of birth: Lexington wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: researcher, biochemist, university teacher, inventor, immunologist wd
Education: Brandeis University, Boston University wd

Awards wd

Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2021)
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2022)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022)
Rosenstiel Award (2020)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2021)
Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (2022)
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2022)
Albany Medical Center Prize (2021)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2021)
National Inventors Hall of Fame (2023)
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2021)
Canada Gairdner International Award (2022)
William B. Coley Award (2021)

About

Weissman is the inaugural Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

Weissman's work underlies the development of mRNA vaccines, the best known of which are those for COVID-19 produced by BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna. With biochemist Katalin Karikó, Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19". Weissman has been a recipient and co-recipient of numerous awards, also including the prestigious Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. In 2022, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Questions

When was Drew Weissman born?: Drew Weissman was born on 7 September 1959 in Lexington.
Where did Drew Weissman study?: Drew Weissman was educated at Brandeis University, Boston University.

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