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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2006 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1998 - Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, US National Academy of Sciences For his landmark discovery and identification of genes that control immune responsiveness, and for his subsequent elucidation of mechanisms of antigen recognition and induction of the immune response.
  • 1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Hugh O. McDevitt was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their scientific career focused on immunology, with significant contributions to understanding the genetic control of immune responsiveness and mechanisms related to antigen recognition and immune response induction.

The awards and honors received by Hugh O. McDevitt demonstrate recognition from various prestigious organizations in the field of immunology and science more broadly. These include:

  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists (2006)
  • American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
  • Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, US National Academy of Sciences (1998) - For the landmark discovery and identification of genes that control immune responsiveness, and for subsequent elucidation of mechanisms of antigen recognition and induction of the immune response
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1994)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1987)
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1987)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1984)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1977)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

These honors span multiple decades, reflecting a long-standing engagement with advancing knowledge in immunology and related biomedical fields. McDevitt was also a fellow and member of key academic and scientific societies, indicating active involvement in broader scientific communities.

Though details on publications, co-authors, and specific fields or subfields of study were not provided, the focus on immune gene identification and antigen recognition mechanisms is central to the areas of immunogenetics and molecular immunology.

McDevitt's work contributed to the understanding of how specific genes influence the immune system's ability to recognize antigens and trigger appropriate immune responses, an area critical to both basic immunology and potential clinical applications in disease treatment and vaccine development.

Best Publications

  • Effects of a polymorphism in the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter on transcriptional activation

    Anthony G. Wilson;Julian A. Symons;Tarra L. McDowell;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • HLA-DQ beta gene contributes to susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    John A. Todd;John I. Bell;John I. Bell;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Roland Michael Tisch;Hugh McDevitt

  • Th1 and Th2 CD4+ T cells in the pathogenesis of organ-specific autoimmune diseases

    Roland S. Liblau;Steven M. Singer;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • In Vitro–expanded Antigen-specific Regulatory T Cells Suppress Autoimmune Diabetes

    Qizhi Tang;Kammi J. Henriksen;Mingying Bi;Erik B. Finger

  • Immune response to glutamic acid decarboxylase correlates with insulitis in non-obese diabetic mice

    Roland Tisch;Xiao Dong Yang;Steven M. Singer;Roland S. Liblau

  • Limited heterogeneity of T cell receptors from lymphocytes mediating autoimmune encephalomyelitis allows specific immune intervention

    Hans Acha-Orbea;Dennis J. Mitchell;Luika Timmermann;David C. Wraith

  • Histocompatibility-Linked Immune Response Genes

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  • Heritable major histocompatibility complex class II-associated differences in production of tumor necrosis factor alpha: relevance to genetic predisposition to systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Chaim O. Jacob;Zdenka Fronek;Gail D. Lewis;May Koo

  • Genetic control of specific immune responses.

    Hugh O. Mcdevitt;Baruj Benacerraf

  • Tumour necrosis factor-α in murine autoimmune 'lupus' nephritis

    Chaim O. Jacob;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • Autoimmune diseases: the failure of self tolerance

    AA Sinha;MT Lopez;HO McDevitt

  • Endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats as a model for human disease.

    J. T. Rosenbaum;H. O. McDevitt;R. B. Guss;P. R. Egbert

  • Genetic control of the antibody response: relationship between immune response and histocompatibility (H-2) type.

    Hugh O. McDevitt;Allen Chinitz

  • The first external domain of the nonobese diabetic mouse class II I-A beta chain is unique.

    Hans Acha-Orbea;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • Genetic control of the antibody response. I. Demonstration of determinant-specific differences in response to synthetic polypeptide antigens in two strains of inbred mice.

    Hugh O. McDevitt;Michael Sela

  • Histocompatibility (HL-A) antigens associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. A possible genetic predisposition to disease.

    F C Grumet;A Coukell;J G Bodmer;W F Bodmer

  • Aspartic acid at position 57 of the HLA-DQ beta chain protects against type I diabetes: a family study.

    Penelope A. Morel;Janice S. Dorman;John A. Todd;Hugh O. McDevitt

  • Antigen recognition in autoimmune encephalomyelitis and the potential for peptide-mediated immunotherapy.

    David C. Wraith;Dawn E. Smilek;Dennis J. Mitchell;Lawrence Steinman

  • Genetic control of the immune response. Mapping of the Ir-1 locus.

    Hugh O. McDevitt;Beverly D. Deak;Donald C. Shreffler;Jan Klein

  • In vivo treatment of (NZB X NZW)F1 lupus-like nephritis with monoclonal antibody to gamma interferon.

    Chaim O. Jacob;P. H. Van Der Meide;Hugh O. Mcdevitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Steinman
Lawrence Steinman Stanford University
John I. Bell
John I. Bell Ellison Institute of Technology
Roland S. Liblau
Roland S. Liblau Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Chaim O. Jacob
Chaim O. Jacob University of Southern California
Sara A. Michie
Sara A. Michie Stanford University
Diane Mathis
Diane Mathis Harvard University
John A. Todd
John A. Todd University of Oxford
Roland Tisch
Roland Tisch University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leonore A. Herzenberg
Leonore A. Herzenberg Stanford University
Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford

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