Ralph M. Steinman

Awards

1. 2003

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his discovery and characterization of the role of the dendritic cell, a pivotal phagocytic cell in the immune system and essential to the development of vaccines.

2. 2007

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of dendritic cells — the preeminent component of the immune system that initiates and regulates the body’s response to foreign antigens.

3. 2011

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity