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Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Distinguished Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a co-recipient of the Balzan Prize for his groundbreaking work in immunology and melanoma research.

Gavin Dunn MD, PhD, a member of the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, focuses on glioblastoma, the most deadly form of brain cancer. He studies how the immune system recognizes brain cancer cells and how it can be harnessed to treat patients with glioblastoma.

Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, and Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD, lead a team of investigators working to develop new immune-based therapies for cancer, infectious disease, autoimmunity and immunodeficiency in the newly named Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy at Washington University School of Medicine.

Andrew and Jane Bursky donated $10 million to Washington University for its research on using the immune system to fight diseases including cancer. The gift creates the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs and an endowed distinguished professorship for cancer immunologist Robert Schreiber, director of the center and an adviser to Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer moonshot project.