Fred S. Rosen | |
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Born | May 25, 1930 |
Died | May 21, 2005 | (aged 74)
Nationality | American |
Awards |
E. Mead Johnson Award (1971) AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research Award (2005, first recipient) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Paediatrics Immunology |
Institutions |
Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital |
Fred Saul Rosen (May 25, 1930 – May 21, 2005) was a pediatrician and immunologist at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. [1]
Rosen was born in Newark, NJ. He received his bachelor's degree from Lafayette College and his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He moved to Boston in 1955 to begin a pathology residency at Children's where he worked with Charles Janeway and Sidney Farber. [2] [3] He began an immunology fellowship in 1959. He and Janeway pioneered the study of primary immunodeficiency diseases at Boston Children's Hospital. [4]
Rosen discovered, early in his career, the cause of X-linked hyper- IgM syndrome. He also worked on X-linked agammaglobulinaemia.[ citation needed] He published over 300 papers on his research. [3]
Rosen was the head of the division of immunology at Boston Children's Hospital from 1968 to 1985. [2] In 1987, he moved to the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research at Harvard University. [2]
Rosen spoke French, Italian Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and Russian, and traveled extensively. [3]
Rosen died of cancer in 2005. He had no surviving family members. [2]
Fred S. Rosen | |
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Born | May 25, 1930 |
Died | May 21, 2005 | (aged 74)
Nationality | American |
Awards |
E. Mead Johnson Award (1971) AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research Award (2005, first recipient) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Paediatrics Immunology |
Institutions |
Harvard Medical School Boston Children's Hospital |
Fred Saul Rosen (May 25, 1930 – May 21, 2005) was a pediatrician and immunologist at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. [1]
Rosen was born in Newark, NJ. He received his bachelor's degree from Lafayette College and his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He moved to Boston in 1955 to begin a pathology residency at Children's where he worked with Charles Janeway and Sidney Farber. [2] [3] He began an immunology fellowship in 1959. He and Janeway pioneered the study of primary immunodeficiency diseases at Boston Children's Hospital. [4]
Rosen discovered, early in his career, the cause of X-linked hyper- IgM syndrome. He also worked on X-linked agammaglobulinaemia.[ citation needed] He published over 300 papers on his research. [3]
Rosen was the head of the division of immunology at Boston Children's Hospital from 1968 to 1985. [2] In 1987, he moved to the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research at Harvard University. [2]
Rosen spoke French, Italian Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and Russian, and traveled extensively. [3]
Rosen died of cancer in 2005. He had no surviving family members. [2]