Graduate, Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. Immunologist, widely renowned for work in one of the most promising areas of cancer research. Former: Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University. 1991-2012, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology, Harvard School of Public Health; concurrently, Director, Division of Biological Sciences and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Former Senior Physician and Rheumatologist, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital. Currently, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Principal Investigator and Director, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Former President, American Association of Immunologists. Fellow: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Royal Society of Biology, UK. Member: National Academy of Medicine; National Academy of Sciences; American Asthma Foundation; Cancer Research Institute; Prix Galien Scientific Advisory Boards; Lasker Award Jury. Member, past or present, of numerous boards. Primary research interests: elucidating the molecular pathways that regulate the immune system, critical for both the development of protective immunity and for the pathophysiologic immune responses underlying autoimmune, infectious and malignant diseases.