William B. Coley Award

The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the U.S. nonprofit organization, the Cancer Research Institute, 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.

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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, 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

• 2006

Shizuo Akira
Bruce A. Beutler
Ian H. Frazer
Harald zur Hausen

• 2005

James P. Allison

• 2004

Shimon Sakaguchi
Ethan M. Shevach

• 2003

Jules A. Hoffmann
Charles A. 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

Thierry Boon
Rolf M. Zinkernagel

• 1983

Richard K. Gershon

• 1979

Yuang-yun Chu
Zongtang Sun
Zhao-you Tang

• 1978

Howard B. Andervont
Jacob Furth
Earl L. & 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 & Werner Henle
Robert J. Huebner
Edmund Klein
Eva & George Klein
Donald L. Morton
Lloyd J. Old
Richmond T. Prehn
Hans O. Sjogren