The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by 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.
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 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, Coley has become known as the "Father of Cancer Immunotherapy."
Recipients
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- 1975: Garry Abelev<br>Edward A. Boyse<br>Edgar J. Foley<br>Robert A. Good<br>Peter A. Gorer, FRS<br>Ludwik Gross<br>Gertrude Henle & Werner Henle<br>Robert J. Huebner<br>Edmund Klein<br>Eva Klein & George Klein<br>Donald L. Morton<br>Lloyd J. Old<br>Richmond T. Prehn<br>Hans O. Sjögren
- 1978: Howard B. Andervont<br><br>Earl L. Green & <br>Walter E. Heston<br>Clarence C. Little<br>George D. Snell<br>Leonell C. Strong
- 1979: Yuang-yun Chu<br>Zongtang Sun<br>Zhao-you Tang
- 1983: Richard K. Gershon
- 1987: Thierry Boon<br>Rolf M. Zinkernagel
- 1989: <br>Alain Townsend<br>Emil Unanue
- 1993: Pamela Bjorkman<br>John Kappler<br>Philippa Marrack<br>Alvaro Morales<br>Jack Strominger<br>Don Wiley
- 1995: <br>Malcolm A. S. Moore<br>Timothy Springer
- 1996: Giorgio Trinchieri
- 1997: <br><br>
- 1998: Klas Kärre<br><br>Ralph M. Steinman
- 1999: James E. Darnell, Jr.<br>Ian M. Kerr<br>Richard A. Lerner<br>George Robert Stark, FRS<br>Greg Winter
- 2000: Mark M. Davis<br>
- 2001: Robert D. Schreiber
- 2002: Lewis Lanier<br>David H. Raulet<br>
- 2003: Jules A. Hoffmann<br>Charles Janeway<br>Bruno Lemaitre<br>Ruslan Medzhitov
- 2004: Shimon Sakaguchi<br>Ethan M. Shevach
- 2005: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology<br>James P. Allison
- 2006: For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology<br>Shizuo Akira<br>Bruce A. Beutler<br>For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Ian H. Frazer<br>Harald zur Hausen
- 2007: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology<br>Jeffrey V. Ravetch
- 2008: For Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology<br>, FRS
- 2009: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Cornelis Melief<br>For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology (joint prize)<br>Frederick W. Alt<br>Klaus Rajewsky
- 2010: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br><br><br>Jérôme Galon
- 2011: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)<br>Philip Greenberg<br>Steven A. Rosenberg
- 2012: For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology (joint prize)<br>Richard A. Flavell, FRS.<br>Laurie H. Glimcher<br><br>For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)<br>Carl H. June<br>Michel Sadelain
- 2013: For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology<br>Michael B. Karin
- 2014: For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology (joint prize)<br>Tasuku Honjo<br> Lieping Chen<br> Arlene Sharpe<br> Gordon J. Freeman
- 2015: , for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Alexander Y. Rudensky, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology
- 2016: , for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Dan R. Littman, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology
- 2017: Thomas F. Gajewski, for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Rafi Ahmed, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology
- 2018: Miriam Merad, for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology<br>Padmanee Sharma, for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology
- 2019:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology<br>Zelig Eshhar <br>Lawrence E. Samelson<br>Brian Seed<br>Arthur Weiss<br>For Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology<br>Elizabeth M. Jaffee<br> Antoni Ribas
- 2020:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor Immunology<br>Andrea Ablasser <br>Glen N. Barber<br>Zhijian J. Chen<br>Veit Hornung<br>Russell E. Vance
- 2021:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor Immunology<br>Katalin Karikó <br>Drew Weissman<br>UÃÂur Ã
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- 2022:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor Immunology<br>Vishva Dixit <br>Judy Lieberman<br>Feng Shao<br>Hao Wu
- 2023:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor Immunology<br>Tak W. Mak
- 2024:For Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology and Tumor Immunology<br>Mark Anderson MD PhD
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