A prestigious Israeli award for a doctor that Trump called a “disaster”

Dr. Anthony Pauchi, head of the Corona White House Task Force, who has repeatedly had to confront former President Donald Trump during the crisis, is one of the winners of the 2021 Dan David Prize, which this year will focus on health and medicine. – Prof. Zelig Eshchar, Dr. Carl John and Dr. Steven Rosenberg who revolutionized the field of immunotherapy for cancer; historians Prof. Alison Bashford, Prof. Katherine Park and Prof. Keith Vailo illuminated the study of the past in a new light – Each in its own field.

Dr. Anthony Pauchi, Chief Medical Adviser to the President of the United States and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the country – for the past 35 years. Over the years Pauchi has contributed greatly to scientific and clinical research in these fields, and is one of the most cited researchers in the world in the field of biomedicine.

The award is given to him as the sole winner in the category for his outstanding contribution to AIDS research, for building the presidential emergency program to fight AIDS that has saved millions of people worldwide, for leading the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for promoting innovative medical approaches to mRNA vaccines worldwide, And for his courageous defense of the science that was much attacked during the Corona Crisis.

During the Corona crisis, Trump attacked the 80-year-old veteran expert who claimed that Pauchi frightened the public and misled him. Among other things, the former president said it was “unfair” that Pucci’s public support rate was much higher than his own. Among other things, Trump shared a video in which Pauchi said that the number of people infected in the United States was higher than in other countries because the closure he imposed was partial. “Wrong!”, Trump wrote in a tweet in which he shared the video. The senior doctor is required to hire the services of security guards following threats on his life and family life.

Prof. Katherine Park, Historian of Gender and Medicine and Prof. Emeritus in the Department of History of Science at Harvard University.

Park explores the history of the human body, gender differences, and medicine in medieval Europe. In her research, Park also traces those who operated outside the institutionalized medical system, and the lives and deaths of women in whom the first human surgeries were performed. The award is given to her for her extraordinary contribution and groundbreaking discoveries in the study of the history of the female body and the treatment of women, which have revealed the impact of gender perceptions on medical treatment, the revival of medieval and Renaissance medicine, and its world-renowned historian. And gender.

Prof. Keith Waylo, A historian of race, ethnicity and public health and a professor at Princeton University.

His research over the years has led to new discoveries about medical experiences and medical care of those suffering from chronic pain coming from different ethnic backgrounds, and to changes in the social perception regarding medical care. The award is given to him for his outstanding work in researching the history of race and ethnicity and their impact on public health and his groundbreaking research approach.

Prof. Allison in Shepherd, A historian who studies the global dimensions of health and contemporary medicine, and directs the Earth History Research Program at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

The award is given to her for extensive historical research, which demonstrates the global connection of medicine and public health and draws attention to developing countries; Ashford was one of the first researchers to expand the study of medical history beyond the Western world, to remote areas not previously studied and was one of the few to deal with the effects of closures and border closures following medical emergencies even before the outbreak of the corona plague.

Prof. Zelig Eshchar, Director of Immunological Research at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv (Ichilov), Professor Emeritus in the Department of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and winner of the 2015 Israel Life Sciences Prize.

Eshchar is an expert in the genetic engineering of T cells, and is one of the founders of the clinical application of CAR-T technology that works against cancer cells. The award is given to him for his groundbreaking research that led to the development of dozens of medical treatments based on the revolution he led in editing T cells to attack cancerous tumors, and for laying the foundations, along with Dr. Steven Rosenberg, for a clinical application of this cancer technology.

Dr. Steven Rosenberg, Director of the Department of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

Rosenberg was the first to develop effective immunological and gene-based therapies for patients with advanced cancer, and the first to successfully inject genetically engineered genes into humans as a treatment for various diseases. The award is given to him for his various studies and the development of T-cell immune-stimulating therapy that led to a complete regression of human cancer, his discoveries that led to his first immunotherapy treatment, his ongoing efforts to develop additional therapies, and his unique path in translating basic science into medical practice.

Prof. Carl John, Professor of Immunotherapy in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapy, and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Pearlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

The award is given to him for innovation in CAR-T cell engineering and the development of treatments that help patients with advanced leukemia and lymphoma; For its ongoing efforts to implement immunotherapy in CAR-T cells in children with cancer; And on the next generation of CAR-T cells for extensive therapeutic use.

The Dan David Prize is one of the most prestigious Israeli prizes awarded to international entities that have made an extraordinary contribution to humanity. Prof. Ariel Porat, Chairman of the Board of the Dan David Prize and President of Tel Aviv University, and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, Chairman of the Dan David Foundation, announced tonight (Monday) the winners of the 2021 Prize, which is being awarded for the 20th year. The award will be presented at a gala online ceremony on May 9th. The amount of the prize that will be awarded to the winners in each time dimension is $ 1 million divided among the winners of the category, and a total of $ 3 million will be awarded as part of the prize. The winners will donate 10% of the prize money to scholarships to 20 young researchers The names of the scholarship winners will be announced in April.

Prof. Ariel Porat, President of Tel Aviv University and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dan David Prize, said: “International committees have selected the winners because of their groundbreaking research and outstanding contribution to humanity in these areas, in the three dimensions of time, past, present and future.”

Ariel David, the son of the late Dan David, added: “We saw fit to address the challenges posed by the corona plague. We chose to do so this year while maintaining faith in the broad and diverse approach that sets the award apart, and recognizing achievements from a variety of fields while focusing on health, medicine and epidemiology. “

Past winners include cellist Yo-Yo Ma, conductor Zubin Mehta, writers Amos Oz and A.B. Joshua, former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Al Gore, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the filmmakers Brothers Eitan and Joel Cohen, neuropsychologist Prof. Brenda Milner, Prof. Marie Keller King, leading medical genetics research Amnon Amusement.