Max D. Cooper, MD
Year elected: 1972
Current membership category: Emeritus
Emory Univ Sch of Med, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1462 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322-1063
United States of America
Phone: 404-727-8457
Facsimile: 404-727-8397
Email: max.cooper@emory.edu

Honors and awards

Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2019) (Max D. Cooper and Jacques Miller, co-recipients) For their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells – a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system and launched the course of modern immunology
American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1992)
National Academy of Medicine (1990)
National Academy of Sciences (1988)

Biographical statement

None provided.

Institutional affiliations

Emory University School of Medicine (Primary)
Susan M. Wall, MD is the representative at this institution.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Secondary)

Specialties

Allergy
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Immunology
Microbiology
Pathology
Pediatrics

Positions held

Division/Section Chair
Professor
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Senior Investigator