Drew Weissman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for discoveries enabling mRNA vaccines.
Serves as the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research and Director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.
Known for his contributions to RNA biology and the underlying development of mRNA vaccines.
Received his M.D. and Ph.D. in 1987 from Boston University.
Completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Anthony Fauci.

Biography

Drew Weissman is an American physician and immunologist recognized for his pivotal contributions to RNA biology. He is the inaugural Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research and director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, as well as a professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.