Judah Folkman

Details

Instance of

human

Born

24 February 1933

Died

14 January 2008

Place of birth

Cleveland

Place of death

Denver

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Judah, Moses

Family name

Folkman

Field of work

tumor angiogenesis

Occupation

biologist, military officer, physician, university teacher, surgeon, oncologist, researcher

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Wolf Prize in Medicine, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Canada Gairdner International Award, Ernst Schering Prize, Massry Prize, Keio Medical Science Prize, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize, Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research, Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation

academic degree

Doctor of Medicine

cause of death

myocardial infarction

educated at

Harvard Medical School, Ohio State University, Bexley High School

employer

Harvard University

languages spoken, written or signed

English

manner of death

natural causes

member of

National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society

military branch

United States Navy

place of burial

Temple Israel Cemetery

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