Drew Weissman

Drew Weissman (born September 7, 1959) is an American physician and immunologist. He is known for his contributions to RNA biology.

Drew Weissman
Weissman in 2022
Born	(1959-09-07) September 7, 1959 (age 66) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Brandeis University (BA, MA) Boston University (MD, PhD)
Known for	Modified mRNA technologies used in COVID-19 vaccines
Awards	Rosenstiel Award (2020) Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2021) VinFuture Prize (2022) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2022) Harvey Prize (2023, awarded for the year 2021) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Scientific career
Institutions	Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	Regulation of B Lymphocytes with Reagents That Cross-Link Surface Immunoglobulin (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Ann Marshak-Rothstein

Weissman's work helped create the mRNA vaccines, the best known of which are those for COVID-19 produced by BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna.^[1] With biochemist Katalin Karikó, Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.^[2][3]