Laurence Zitvogel#
| Membership Number: | 4532 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://gustaveroussy.fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Scientific Director, OncoImmunology Programms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center (GRCC)
- 2000 Director, Laboratory “Tumor immunology and immunotherapy” INSERM U1015, GRCC
- 2003 Full Professor, Immunology Biology, Kremlin Bicêtre School of Medicine, University Paris XI
- 2002 Co-Director, Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer, GRCC-Curie, Paris
- 1998 - 2016 Hospital Practioner, Breast Cancer Department, Clinical attending, GRCC
- 1995 - 2000 Associate Professor, Clinical attending, Medical University of Paris XI, Villejuif
- 1995 - 1998 Post-doctoral fellowship, Adenovirus Gene therapy, Pr Pericaudet’s lab, Villejuif, France
- 1994 - 1995 Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, USA
- 1992 - 1994 Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, USA
- 1990 Master in Tumor Immunology of tumors, Prof. Fridman’s lab., Institut Curie, Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Oncology: experimental and clinical
- Immunology: experimental (translational and basic research)
- Tumor vaccine: exosomes, dendritic cells
- Preclinical development of immune checkpoint blockers
- Microbiome and cancer
Honours and Awards
- 2017 ASCO-SITC Award Keynote address Tumor Immunology, Orlando, USA
- 2017 Prize from the C.R. Brupbacher Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2016 Award from the Earle A Chiles Research Institute, Portland, OR, USA
- 2014 Swiss Bridge Award for Cancer Research, Swizerland
- 2013 Ligue Française contre le Cancer, Research Prize, Conseil Général des Yvelines, Versailles
- 2012 Member of the National Academy of Medicine, Biology Division, Paris, France
- 2012 Permanent member of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences, ECCO
- 2011 Medical Research Prize, Price Raymond Rosen Fondation pour la recherché médicale, France
- 2007 INSERM Prize for Translational Research, French Medical Research Council (INSERM)
- 2007 Gallet & Breton Prize, National Academy of Medicine, Paris, France
- 2005 Charles Oberling Prize, Senate of the French Republic, Paris, France
- 2000 Gustave Roussy Prize, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, France
- 1999 Prize of the Chancellery, University of Paris- City Hall Paris
- 1996 Ligue Française contre le Cancer, Research Prize, Conseil Général Haute Loire, France
- 1995 Merit Award, Society for Biological Therapy, Nappa Valley, CA, USA
- 1994 Presidential Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, LA, CA, USA
- 1992 Vocation Prize, Bleustein Blanchet Foundation, Paris, France
- 1992 Gold Medal, Internal Medicine, first Prize, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
