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   Harold Eliot Varmus (born December 18, 1939) is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist. He is currently the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and a senior associate at the New York Genome Center.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Harold-VarmusHarold Varmus | Biography, Research, Nobel Prize, & Facts

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Harold Varmus, American virologist and cowinner (with J. Michael Bishop) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1989 for his work on the origins of cancer. He later served as president (2000–10) of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

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6. www.nih.gov › nih-almanac › harold-e-varmus-mdHarold E. Varmus, M.D. | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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   Oct 22, 2015 · Harold E. Varmus, M.D. was the 14th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1993 to 1999. He won the Nobel Prize in 1989 for his work on cancer research and the first Nobel Laureate to lead the NIH. He was a leader in the study of cancer-causing genes, retroviruses, and hepatitis B virus. He also served as a member of the National Research Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

7. profiles.nlm.nih.gov › spotlight › mvBiographical Overview | Harold Varmus - Profiles in Science

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   A brief biography of Harold Varmus, a Nobel Prize-winning virologist and oncologist who advanced fundamental scientific knowledge at the intersection of virology, oncology, and genetics. Learn about his early life, education, research, and achievements in cancer genetics and molecular biology.

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   Who is Harold Varmus?

   • Harold Varmus, American virologist and cowinner (with J. Michael Bishop) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1989 for his work on the origins of cancer. He later served as president (2000–10) of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Learn more about Varmus’s life and work.

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   What happened to Dr Varmus?

   • During this time, he continued his own research program in the NHGRI intramural program. Dr. Varmus stepped down on March 31, 2015, to join Weill Cornell Medical College's faculty as the Lewis Thomas University Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Meyer Cancer Center.

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   How did Varmus become a scientist?

   • He applied for a position in the laboratory of Ira Pastan, an endocrinologist at the National Institutes of Health who was then studying the genetics of thyroid function, a subject Varmus considered close enough to his medical training to provide a suitable entry into bench science.

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   What did Dr Varmus do before he became NIH Director?

   • Prior to his appointment as NIH Director, Dr. Varmus served as chairman of the B oard on B iology for the National Research Council, an advisor to the Congressional Caucus for Biomedical Research, and a member of the Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy of Biomedical Societies.

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9. www.varmuslab.org › about-harold-1About Harold — Laboratory of Harold Varmus

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   About Harold. Internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer, Harold Varmus served as President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 2000 to 2010.

10. www.nygenome.org › harold-varmus-mdHarold Varmus, MD - New York Genome Center

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    Harold Varmus, MD, is a Senior Associate Member at the New York Genome Center (NYGC). A co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, Dr. Varmus is the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, working directly with its Meyer Cancer Center.