Leland H. Hartwell Election Year 2008 ASU Biodesign Research Institute
1001 S. McAllister Ave. A130
Tempe, AZ 85287-6701, U.S.A. Tel: (480) 727-0779 / Fax: (480) 727-9296
Current Positions
Virginia Piper Chair, Center for Sustainable Health, Arizona State University
Distinguished Chair Professor, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Education
B.S., California Institute of Technology (1961)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964)
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1965)
Professional Experience
Assistant, Assoc. Professor, University of California, Irvine (1965-1968)
Associate & Full Professor, University of Washington (1968—)
Sabbatical, Stanford University (1983)
Sabbatical, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (1984)
President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (1997)
Professor, Arizona State University (2010)
Specialties
Metrics for improving healthcare and reducing costs
Learning in the 21st Century
Awards and Honors
Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology and Immunology (1973)
American Cancer Society Scholar (1983-1984)
American Cancer Society Research Professor Genetics (1990—)
National Institutes of Health Merit Award (1990)
General Motors Sloan Award (1991)
Hoffman LaRoche Mattia Award (1991)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1992)
University of Chicago Simon Shubitz Award (1992)
Brandeis University Rosenstiel Award (1993)
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Katherine Berkan Judd Award(1994)
Genetics Society of America Medal (1994)
MGH Warren Triennial Prize (1995)
Columbia University Horwitz Award (1995)
Keith Porter Award, Amer Soc Cell Biology (1995)
Passano Award (1996)
Carnegie Mellon Dickson Prize (1996)
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1998)
Brinker International Award for Basic Science, Susan G. Komen Foundation (1998)
California Institute of Technology-Distinguished Alumni Award (1998)
City of Medicine Award (1998)
American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (1999)
Léopold Griffuel Prize, Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, France (2000)
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2001)
State of Washington, State Medal of Merit (2003)
Alfred G. Knudson Award in Cancer Genetics, National Cancer Institute (2004)
Distinguished Scientist Award, Association of American Cancer Institutes (2005)
Arizona State University, Honorary Doctor of Science (2007)
Washington State Academy of Sciences (Founding Class) (2008)