Harold Varmus

Harold Eliot Varmus (born December 18, 1939) is an American scientist. He won a Nobel Prize. He is the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute. He was appointed to that post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama.^[1]

Harold Varmus
Born	Harold Eliot Varmus (1939-12-18) December 18, 1939 (age 85) Oceanside, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Amherst College Harvard University Columbia University
Known for	Retroviral oncogenes; PLOS
Spouse	Constance Louise Casey (m. 1969; 2 children)
Awards	1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Scientific career
Fields	Cell biology

Varmus was a co-recipient, with J. Michael Bishop, of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the origin of retroviral oncogenes.^[2] Varmus described the work in his Nobel lecture.^[3]

He also serves as one of three co-Chairs of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.