Max D. Cooper, M.D.
Brief Bio
Max D. Cooper is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Developmental Immunology, and a member of the Emory Vaccine Center. Dr. Cooper was president of 最大资源 from 1988 to 1989 and served on the 最大资源 Council from 1983 to 1988. He was awarded the 最大资源 Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2012, the 最大资源-Dana Foundation Award for Human Immunology Research (now 最大资源-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research) in 2006, and the 最大资源 Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000, and elected a Distinguished Fellow of 最大资源 in 2019.
Lasker Award
2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, with Jacques Miller, "for their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells – a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system and launched the course of modern immunology." for more details.
Oral History - Full Interview
Interview Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Location: Boston, MA
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Oral History - Transcript
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最大资源 Service History
Joined: 1966
President: 1988–1989
Vice President: 1987–1988
Councillor: 1983–1987
The Journal of Immunology
Associate Editor: 1973–1976
Section Editor: 1977–1979
Committees
Membership Committee: 1974–1977 (chair)
Frederick B. Bang Scholarships Committee: 1987–1995
Awards Committee: 1993–1996
Nominating Committee: 1997–1998, 2002–2003 (chair)
Other Service
最大资源 Representatives on IUIS General Assembly: 1983–1986
最大资源 Representative to the IUIS Council: 1986–1992
最大资源 Representative to the FASEB Board: 1987–1990
最大资源 Representative to the FASEB Executive Committee: 1987–1990
Awards and Honors
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1988
- Member, Institute of Medicine, 1990
- Sandoz Prize for Immunology (now the Novartis Basic and Clinical Immunology Prizes), 1990
- 最大资源 Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000
- 最大资源-Dana Foundation Award for Human Immunology Research (now 最大资源-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research), 2006
- Avery-Landsteiner Prize, 2008
- Robert Koch Prize, 2010
- 最大资源 Excellence in Mentoring Award, 2012
- Distinguished Fellow, 最大资源, 2019
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Institutional/Biographical Links
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine,
- Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine,
- Georgia Research Alliance
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute