Mark Davis, PhD

Dr. Davis is the Burt and Marion Avery Family Professor of Immunology; Director of the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection; and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focuses on how T and B lymphocytes recognize specific antigens. This interest includes the structural and biochemical underpinnings of T cell receptor binding and signal transduction and the dynamics of molecular movement at the T cell/antigen-presenting cell interface. He is also interested in the unique challenges of (and solutions to) studying the human immune system, particularly in the context of infectious diseases and vaccination strategies.

• 1974: The Johns Hopkins University, BA
• 1981: Caltech, PhD

• 2004: Elected member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science; Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
• 2003: Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2002: Rose Payne Award, American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
• 2000: Pius XI Award, Pontificial Academy of Sciences; Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology, Cancer Research Institute
• 1998: Novartis Prize for Basic Immunology
• 1996: Alfred P. Sloan Prize from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
• 1995: The King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
• 1993: Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
• 1989: Gairdner Foundation International Award
• 1988: The Howard Taylor Ricketts Award, The University of Chicago
• 1986: Kayden Award from the New York Academy of Sciences; Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology and Immunology
• 1985: The Passano Foundation Young Scientist Award
• 1981: Milton and Frances Clauser Doctoral Prize, California Institute of Technology
• 1980: Intra-Science Research Foundation Award