Lloyd Old

Dr. Lloyd Old holds the William E. Snee Chair of Cancer Immunology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), is a Professor of Immunology at Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, is Director of the Scientific Advisory Council of the [http://www.cancerresearch.org Cancer Research Institute] , and is Chairman of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR). He is also a Trustee of the LICR Charitable Trust, a Trustee of the Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research, which created the Ludwig Cancer network in 2006, Executive Director of the Cancer Vaccine Consortium, and Director of the LICR New York Branch. Dr. Old’s previous appointments include LICR Scientific Director (1988 to 2005), Member of the Emeritus LICR Scientific Committee (1971-86), LICR Chief Executive Officer (1995-2004), and Associate Director of Research at MSKCC (1973-83).

Dr. Old’s contributions to research over the past three decades have established many of the principles and priorities of modern tumor immunology. In earlier work, he and his colleagues introduced BCG to tumor immunotherapy ; discovered the first link between the major histocompatibility complex and disease (leukemia); found the unexpected association between Epstein-Barr virus and nasopharyngeal carcinoma; discovered tumor necrosis factor; defined the concept of cell-surface differentiation antigens with the discovery of TL , Lyt (CD8) and a range of other mouse antigenic systems; co-discovered P53 with two other groups; and identified the tumor immunogenicity of heat shock proteins. Dr. Old is the author or co-author of more than 600 research publications.

As part of a distinguished service career Dr. Old has served as a member of scientific advisory boards and committees for groups as diverse as the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York to the National Cancer Institute to the American Association for Cancer Research. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the New York Academy of Sciences, and is also the Founding President of the Academy of Cancer Immunology. Dr. Old has received multiple awards for his contributions to research, including the New York Academy of Medicine Medal (1985), the President’s Medal, Johns Hopkins University (2004), the Dean’s Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2004), and the Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research (2007).

Quotes

"When you're looking for diamonds, you don't throw out the rubies." - on why unanticipated research findings should be investigated.

"You won't know how to vaccinate until you know how to immunize. And you won't know how to immunize until you know how to monitor." - on the use of immunological monitoring as part of cancer vaccine development.

"Human benefit is our unyielding yardstick." - on measuring success in cancer research

External links

* [http://www.licr.org Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research]
* [http://www.ludwigcancer.org Ludwig Cancer]