Alain Townsend Explained

Alain Townsend is a Professor of Medicine in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University.^[1] His laboratory studies virology, mainly influenza, but more recently ebola.

After graduating from St Mary's Hospital, London, he went to the National Institute for Medical Research to study immunology.^[2] He received his PhD in 1984, supervised by Brigitte Askonas.^[3]

Awards

• 1989 William B. Coley Award^[4]
• 1992 Fellow of the Royal Society^[5]
• 1992 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1992)^[6]
• 2000 Gairdner Foundation International Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof Alain R Townsend FRS FRCP - Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
2. Web site: Gairdner Foundation - Alain R.M. Townsend.
3. Unanue. Emil R. 2013-02-15. Brigitte Askonas 1923–2013. Nature Immunology. En. 14. 3. 191. 10.1038/ni.2553. 2013Natur.494...37O. free.
4. Web site: William B. Coley Award. Cancer Research Institute. 2018-02-12.
5. Web site: Alain Townsend - Biography. royal Society. 14 January 2017.
6. https://www.jeantet.ch/en/prix-louis-jeantet/laureats/1992-en/docteur-alain-townsend/ Louis-Jeantet Prize