Laureates of the Japan Prize

Janet D. Rowley, M.D.

Field: Healthcare and Medical Technology
Achievement: Development of a new therapeutic drug targeting cancer-specific molecules
Commemorative Lecture: Successful Approach Targeting Leukemic Cells

Academic Degrees:
Nationality:	USA
Date of Birth:	April 5, 1925
1946	B.S. from the University of Chicago
1948	M.D. from the University of Chicago
Professional Career:
1969-1977	Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago
1977-	Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago
1984-	Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago
Present	The Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics, The University of Chicago
Major Publications:
Rowley JD. A new consistent chromosomal abnormality in chronic myelogenous leukaemia identified by quinacrine fluorescence and Giemsa staining. Nature 243:290-293, 1973. Rowley JD. Chromosomal patterns in myelocytic leukemia. N Engl J Med 289:220-221, 1973 Lindgren V, Rowley JD. Comparable complex rearrangements involving 8;21 and 9;22 translocations in leukaemia. Nature 266, 744-745, 1977
Major Honors:
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1996) Lasker Award (1998) National Medal of Science (1999) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) The Gruber Prize in Genetics (2009) Lifetime Achievement Award in Cancer Research by AACR (2010) Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize by American Society of Hematology (2011)
Membership:
Member, the National Academy of Science (1984) American Philosophical Society (1993)

( At the time of receipt of the Prize )