Advisory Board: Bios
Irving Weissman, MD Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Karel and Avice Beekhuis; Professor of Cancer Biology
Dr. Irving L. Weissman, M.D., is the Director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Director of the Stanford Cancer Center and Director of the Stanford Ludwig Center for Stem Cell Research. Professor Weissman was a member of the founding Scientific Advisory Boards of Amgen, DNAX, and T-Cell Sciences. He co-founded SyStemix, StemCells, and Celtrans (now Cellerant), the successor to SyStemix. He is a Director and Chair of their Scientific Advisory Boards. Professor Weissman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy, the American Association of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology. He served as President of the American Association of Immunologists in 1994. He has received the Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Kaiser Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching, the Pasarow Award in Cancer Research, the Harvey Lecture Award, the De Villiers International Achievement Award of the Leukemia Society of America, and the E. Donnall Thomas Prize from the American Society of Hematology. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Montana State University, was Selected Top 100 Alumni of Montana State University, the Montana Conservationist of the Year Award. Professor Weissman also received the Ellen Brown Scripps Society Medal, the Irvington Institute Immunologist of the Year Award, the Van Bekkum Stem Cell Award, the California Scientist of the Year Award, the Association of American Cancer Institutes 2002 Distinguished Scientist Award, the Basic Cell Research Award by the American Society of Cytopathology, The Society of Neurological Surgeons Bass Award, the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, the American Diabetes Association Elliott Proctor Joslin Medal, and the Rabbi Shai Shacknai Memorial Prize in Immunology and Cancer Research from the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology. In 2004 Dr. Weissman was awarded the New York Academy of Medicine Award for Distinguished Contributions to Biomedical Research, the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal from the National Academy of Sciences Council, and was the Alan Cranston Awardee from the Alliance for Aging Research. He received The Linus Pauling Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Science from Stanford University and the "Dare to Dream" award from the Jeffrey Modell Foundation in 2005. In 2006, Professor Weissman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University, the John Scott Award from the City of Philadelphia, and the American Italian Cancer Foundation Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine, and The Commonwealth Club of California 18th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award. In 2007, he has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, New York. Professor Weissman received his M.D. from Stanford University and his B.S. from Montana State College, Pre-Med.