Michael B. Sporn (born February 13, 1933) is a professor emeritus of pharmacology, toxicology and medicine at
Dartmouth Medical School
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is the graduate medical school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fourth oldest medical school in the United States, it was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith. It is o ...
. His research focuses on the prevention of cancer.
He graduated from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
in 1952 received his MD at the
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...
in 1959.
Sporn was Chief of the Laboratory of Chemoprevention at the National Cancer Institute from 1978 to 1995 where he was an officer of the
United States Public Health Service
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. In 1995, he joined the faculty at Dartmouth.
His recent research has focused on the use of
triterpenoids
Triterpenes are a class of chemical compounds composed of three terpene units with the molecular formula C30H48; they may also be thought of as consisting of six isoprene units. Animals, plants and fungi all produce triterpenes, including squale ...
in breast cancer prevention.
His work has been funded by the NIH and
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) is an independent, not-for-profit organization which has raised $569.4 million to support clinical and translational research on breast cancer at medical institutions in the United States and abroad. BC ...
. He is listed as an author on over 500 research papers.
Awards
* 1982 Lila Gruber Award for Cancer Research,
American Academy of Dermatology
* 1991 AACR-Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award
* 1994 Mider Lecture Award,
National Institutes of Health
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* 1994 Medal of Honor,
American Cancer Society
* 1995-2005 Editor-in-Chief, Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews
*1996 ASCO - American Cancer Society Award and Lecture
* 1998 Elected Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
* 1998
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award
Between 1977 and 2006, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation presented annual awards of US$50,000 to scientists for distinguished achievements in fields such as cancer, infectious disease, neuroscience, nutrition, and cardiovascular disease. The rec ...
for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research
* 2002 AACR-Cancer Research Foundation of America Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research
* 2004
National Cancer Institute
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Eminent Scholar
* 2005 Brinker Award, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
* 2013 Elected Fellow of the
AACR Academy
The American Association for Cancer Research elects classes of fellows to recognize influential scientists in the field of cancer research.
Six fellows were appointed to Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative Blue Ribbon Panel. Severa ...
References
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American oncologists
1933 births
University of Rochester alumni
Fellows of the AACR Academy
Harvard University alumni
Living people