David M. Livingston (29 March 1941 – 17 October 2021) was the Deputy Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the Executive Committee for Research at

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. Dr. Livingston joined the Harvard faculty in 1973. His research focused on breast and ovarian cancer. He received his undergraduate degree from

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in 1961 and his MD from

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in 1965.

Awards

*2017 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research *2015 Elected Fellow of the

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Academy *2012

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in Cancer Research *2009 Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Award, European Association for Cancer Research *2005 AACR-G.H.A Clowes Memorial Award *2005 Theodor Boveri Award, German Cancer Society *2001 Elected Fellow

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*1997 Association of American Medical College's Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences, Baxter Allegiance Foundation *1995 Elected Member

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, Washington, D.C. *1991 Richard P. and Claire W. Morse Scientific Award,

*1990 Elected Member

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Laboratory Alumni

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, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine * William Raj Sellers, Cancer Program Director,

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; former Head of Global Oncology,

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References

1941 births 2021 deaths Harvard University alumni Fellows of the AACR Academy Tufts University School of Medicine alumni American oncologists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the National Academy of Medicine Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology {{US-physician-stub