Philippa Marrack

Philippa Marrack
Born (1945-06-28) 28 June 1945 (age 79)
Ewell, England
Other namesPippa Marrack
Alma materNew Hall, Cambridge (University of Cambridge) (M.A., Ph.D)
Known fordiscovery of T cell receptor, discovery of superantigens, T cells, autoimmune disease
SpouseJohn W. Kappler
AwardsMember, National Academy of Sciences (1989)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1995)
Dickson Prize (1996)
Fellow, Royal Society (1997)
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2004)
National Women's Hall of Fame (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
University of Rochester
National Jewish Health
University of Colorado Denver
HHMI
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Doctoral advisorAlan Munro
WebsiteKM lab website

Philippa "Pippa" Marrack, FRS (born 28 June 1945) is an English immunologist and academic, based in the United States, best known for her research and discoveries pertaining to T cells. Marrack is the Ida and Cecil Green Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Research at National Jewish Health and a distinguished professor of immunology and microbiology at the University of Colorado Denver.[1]

  1. ^ Williams, Brien (29 August 2012). "Oral History Project". The American Association of Immunologists. Retrieved 2 November 2020.