William H. Fishman
William H. Fishman | |
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| Born | March 2, 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | January 25, 2001 (aged 86) |
| Education | Minnedosa Collegiate (1931), University of Saskatchewan (BSc, 1935), University of Toronto (PhD, 1939) |
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| Fields | Biochemistry, oncology |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh, Weill Cornell Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Tufts University |
William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975.[1] In 1971 he founded the Tufts Cancer Research Center, the first of its kind in the area under President Nixon's 1971 National Cancer Act.[2] In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian.[3][4][5] He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Tumor Biology, serving in this role from 1980 to 1983.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: William Harold Fishman (1914-2001)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ↑ "Our History". Sanford Burnham Prebys. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ↑ "Dr. William and Lillian Fishman". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ↑ Millán, José Luis; Hammarström, Sten; Stigbrand, Torgny (2001). "William H. Fishman, MD, PhD". Tumor Biology. 22 (4): 203–204. doi:10.1159/000050616. ISSN 1010-4283. S2CID 85043550.
- ↑ "History". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ↑ Goldenberg, David M. (2012-06-01). "Introduction to this special issue on tumor targeting". Tumor Biology. 33 (3): 571–572. doi:10.1007/s13277-012-0390-7. ISSN 1010-4283. PMID 22492239.
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