Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas. R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy, M.D., Acting Director, National Cancer Institute
Fields Cancer biology
Alma mater New York University School of Medicine
Notable awards Sabin Gold Medal (2011)

Douglas R. Lowy (born c. 1940s) is the Acting Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology within the Center for Cancer Research at NCI. Lowy was named Acting Director on April 1, 2015.[1][2] He was Deputy Director of the NCI from 2010 to 2015. He was co-recipient (along with Dr. John T. Schiller) of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2014.[3]

Biography

Lowy received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine, and trained in internal medicine at Stanford University and dermatology at Yale. He has directed a research laboratory at NCI since 1975, after receiving training as a Research Associate in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Lowy is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and of its Institute of Medicine. For his joint research with John T. Schiller on technology that enabled the development of preventive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, he and Schiller received the 2007 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal,[4] the 2011 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal,[5] and the 2012 National Medal of Technology and Innovation (awarded in 2014). Lowy has also received the National Medal of Honor for Basic Research from the American Cancer Society.[6]

Research activities

Lowy's HPV research, conducted in collaboration with John T. Schiller, has characterized the HPV oncoproteins E6 and E7.[7][8]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Douglas Lowy named Acting Director of the National Cancer Institute". Website of the National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 1 April 2015.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ Tavernise, Sabrina (March 4, 2015). "Chief of National Cancer Institute Resigns". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "President Obama Presents the National Medals of Science & National Medals of Technology and Innovation". Whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "2007 Federal Employees of the Year". Service to America Medals. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  5. ↑ "Sabin Gold Medal Award". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "American Cancer Society to Present Highest Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Fight". American Cancer Society. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Androphy, EJ; Hubbert, NL; Schiller, JT; Lowy, DR (April 1987). "Identification of the HPV-16 E6 protein from transformed mouse cells and human cervical carcinoma cell lines.". The EMBO Journal. 6 (4): 989–92. PMID 3036495.
  8. ↑ Hawley-Nelson, P; Vousden, KH; Hubbert, NL; Lowy, DR; Schiller, JT (1 December 1989). "HPV16 E6 and E7 proteins cooperate to immortalize human foreskin keratinocytes.". The EMBO Journal. 8 (12): 3905–10. PMC 402081Freely accessible. PMID 2555178.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Douglas R. Lowy, MD". American Association for Cancer research. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Barr, Stephen (September 10, 2007). "Work on Cervical Cancer Vaccine Puts NIH Duo in the Running for Major Award". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Douglas R. Lowy, MD, Receives Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine". ASCO Post. March 10, 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Lowy, Douglas R. (4 January 2016). "HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-associated disease: from basic science to effective interventions". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 126 (1): 5–11. doi:10.1172/JCI85446. PMID 26727228.

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