Arlene Helen Sharpe (born in 1953) is an American immunologist and Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University and Chair of the Department of Immunology at

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. In 2017, she received the

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize is awarded annually to scientist(s) whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that ho ...

with

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, Lieping Chen,

James P. Allison James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the Univ ...

and Tasuku Honjo for their collective contributions to the pre-clinical foundation and development of immune checkpoint blockade, a novel form of cancer therapy that has transformed the landscape of cancer treatment. She served as the hundredth president of the

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from 2016 to 2017 and served as an AAI Council member from 2013 to 2016. She is the co-director of the Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She graduated from

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and

Awards and honours

* 1993:

Beckman Young Investigators Award The Beckman Young Investigators Award was established by Mabel and Arnold Beckman in 1991, and is now administered by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to ...

* 2006: Fellow,

American Association for Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsi ...

* 2014:

William B. Coley Award 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 ...

for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology *2017:

*2018: member,

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References

External links

Sharpe Lab
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