Professor James P. Allison

James Allison obtained his B.S. in Microbiology in 1969, followed by a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas (UT), Austin, TX, USA in 1973. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Immunology at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. Afterwards, he served in several reputable universities and Hospitals all over the US as a professor, a director, a chair, and a head of Molecular, Immunology, and Cancer Departments. Since 2012, he has been a Professor at the Department of Immunology at MD Anderson, the Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair in Immunology, the Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, the Chair of the Department of Immunology, an Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Platform, and a Deputy Director of the David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers at MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston.

He published over 250 highly cited articles, with over 40,796, and an H-index of 102. He is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and has participated in various conferences and exhibitions in his field.

Professor Allison received over 60 awards and honors including the Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research, Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and Canada Gairdner International Award.

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