Irving L. Weissman, M.D.
Brief Bio
Irving L. Weissman is a Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, Professor of Developmental Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine and, by courtesy, a professor of biology at the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. He is also director of the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Weissman was president of 91传媒 from 1994 to 1995 and served on the AAI Council from 1989 to 1996. He was elected a Distinguished Fellow of AAI in 2019.
Oral History - Full Interview
Interview Date: Monday, January 21, 2013
Location: Stanford, CA
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Oral History - Transcript
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AAI Service History
Joined: 1971
President: 1994–1995
Vice President: 1993–1994
Councillor: 1989–1993
The Journal of Immunology
Associate Editor: 1976–1980
Committees
Awards Committee: 1982–1983 (chair)
Other Service
AAI Representative to FASEB Finance Committee: 1990–1992
President's Address
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The Journal of Immunology 156, no. 6 (1996): 2019–25.
Awards and Honors
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1989
- California Scientist of the Year, 2002
- Member, Institute of Medicine, 2002
- Robert Koch Award, Koch Foundation, 2008
- Distinguished Fellow, AAI, 2019
Institutional/Biographical Links
- Stanford School of Medicine
- , Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine