List of Jewish American biologists and physicians

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This is a list of notable Jewish American biologists and physicians. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

• David Baltimore, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975) ^[1]
• Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize (1980) ^[2]
• Baruch Blumberg, hepatitis B virus, Nobel Prize (1976) ^[3]
• Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947) ^[4]
• Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988) ^[5]
• Stanley Falkow, "father of molecular microbial pathogenesis", National Medal of Science (2016) ^[6]
• Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994) ^[7]
• H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002) ^[8]
• David Julius, nociception, Nobel Prize (2021) ^[9]
• Eric Kandel, biologist, Nobel Prize (2000) ^[10]
• C. Henry Kempe, physician, first to identify and recognize child abuse ^[11]
• Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959) ^[12]
• Alisha Kramer, physician and health activist ^[13]
• Esther Lederberg, geneticist ^[14]
• Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953) ^[15]
• Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother) ^[16]
• Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978) ^[17]
• Jonas Salk, polio vaccine ^[18]
• Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975) ^[19]
• George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967). ^[20]
• Bret Weinstein, evolutionary biologist ^[21]

References

1. "Physiology or Medicine 1975 - Press Release" (Press release). October 1975. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
2. http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1980 1980 Nobel Medicine Winners
3. ""Baruch S. Blumberg - Autobiography." Nobel Prize.". Nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
4. "Carl and Gerti Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism". American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
5. Wasserman, Elga R. (2000). The door in the dream : conversations with eminent women in science . Joseph Henry Press. p.  46. ISBN   0-309-06568-2.
6. Amieva, Manuel R. (June 7, 2018). "Stanley Falkow (1934-2018)". Nature. 558 (7709): 190. Bibcode:2018Natur.558..190A. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05377-6 . S2CID   46958780.
7. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994". Nobel Media AB. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
8. "H. Robert Horvitz – Nobel diploma". Nobel Prizes and Laureates. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
9. Agencies and TOI staff. "Prof. whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Czarist Russia wins medicine Nobel". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved October 8, 2021.
10. "Eric Kandel Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000". Nobel Prizes and Laureates. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
11. Kempe, Annie (2013). "Chapter 2: Dr. C. Henry Kempe: A Daughter's Perspective". In Krugman, Richard D.; Korbin, Jill E. (eds.). C. Henry Kempe: A 50 Year Legacy to the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect. Heidelberg: Springer Dordrecht. pp. 7–12. ISBN   9789400740846 . Retrieved June 29, 2023.
12. Lehman, I. R. (2012). "Arthur Kornberg. 3 March 1918 -- 26 October 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 58: 151–161. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2012.0032 .
13. Forman, Ethan M. (March 11, 2021). "Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff's Jewish family began its American dream in Peabody". JewishJournal.org. Dr. Alisha Kramer, also is Jewish.
14. Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, January 19, 2007 p.45
15. "Fritz Lipmann - Biographical". Nobel Prize.
16. "Hermann J. Muller - Biographical". Nobel Prize.
17. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978". NobelPrize.org.
18. "About Jonas Salk – Salk Institute for Biological Studies". Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
19. Howard M. Temin – Autobiography. nobelprize.org
20. The Nobel Foundation. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
21. Frommer, Rachel (June 13, 2017). "Embattled Evergreen State Professor Accused of Hiding Racism Behind His Judaism". Algemeiner Journal . Retrieved February 1, 2019.

Further reading

• Hühner, Leon. " Jews in the legal and medical professions in America prior to 1800." Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 22, 1914, pp. 147–65. online
• Siegel, Nicole. "American Jewish Physicians During the Era of Medical Professionalization, 1850–1950" (PhD Dissertation,  Fordham University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2025. 31768388).
• Simon, Sydney M. “History of Jewish Physicians in the United States Up to About 1900,” Annals of Medical History 7, no. 3 (May 1935):285-29