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Steiner, Lisa Amelia was born on May 12, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. Daughter of Herman and Stella (Hornik) Steiner. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
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Lisa Amelia Steiner, American Immunologist, educator. Trustee Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, since 1984. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large biological science committee 1985-1989); member American Association Immunologists, American Society Biological Chemists.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1954; Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1956; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1959.
Career
Intern, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, 1959-1960;
clinical fellow, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, 1960-1962;
H.H. Whitney research fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, 1962-1965;
American Heart Association research fellow, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, 1965-1967;
assistant professor immunology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1970;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1980;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1980. Member study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1974-1978, 84-86. Member personnel committee American Cancer Society, New York City, 1979-1983, 88-.
Chairman of the Board overseers Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1979-1989. Member board science counselors Division Cancer Biology and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1980-1983.
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Trustee Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, since 1984. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large biological science committee 1985-1989). Member American Association Immunologists, American Society Biological Chemists.
