Alma mater University of Toronto | Name Howard Green | |
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Born September 10, 1925
Toronto ( 1925-09-10 ) Died October 13, 2015(2015-10-13) (aged 90)
Boston, Massachusettes Institutions New York University School of Medicine,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvard Medical School Known for stem-cell research, skin culture Influences James G. Rheinwald,
Burton D. Goldberg,
Susan Schlegel,
John B. Mulliken
Nicholas O’Connor Notable awards March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology | ||
Howard Green (September 10, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an American scientist, and George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Contents
- Education and Personal Life
- Harvard Medical School
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New York University School of Medicine
- Book
- References
He was the first to culture human cells in a laboratory setting for therapeutic use. He is one of the founding fathers of stem-cell research and regenerative medicine.
Education and Personal Life
Howard Green was born in 1925 in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from University of Toronto medical school. He served in the United States Army. He taught at New York University School of Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1970 to 1980, and Harvard Medical School from 1980 to 1993.
Green married Rosine Kauffmann Green née Kauffmann in 1954.
He died on October 31, 2015, outside Boston, Massachusetts.
On November 23, 2016, Shriner's Hospitals for Children in Boston announced the opening of the Howard Green Center for Children's Skin Health and Research, funded by a $3 million gift from his wife, Mrs. Rosine Kauffmann Green.
Harvard Medical School
George Higginson Professor of Cell Biology
Chairman - Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology 1980-1993
Head of Green Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Cell Biology
New York University School of Medicine
Faculty member of the Department of Pathology
Book
Therapy with Cultured Cells - book published 2010