Background
Cavenee, Webster K. was born on September 12, 1951.
Cavenee, Webster K. was born on September 12, 1951.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Kansas State University, 1973.
Visiting research scientist Center Cancer Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979—1981. Associate Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University Utah, 1981—1983. Assistant then associate professor microbiology & molecular genetics University Cincinnati, 1983—1986.
Visiting professor Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1985. Director Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, professor medicine, neurology, pathology, & human genetics McGill University, 1986—1991. Sokolow visiting professor University California, San Francisco, 1988, director, professor Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research LaJolla, since 1991.
Member General Motors Advisory Council, Cancer Research Foundation. Chair executive committee World Alliance Cancer Research Organizations, 2002. Fellow National Foundation Cancer Research, 2003.
Fellow: American Academy Microbiology, International Union Against Cancer, American Association Cancer Research. Member: National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation (honorary), American Society Microbiology, American Association for Advancement of Science, American Society Human Genetics.