William H. Fishman

Canadian-American cancer researcher

William Harold Fishman (March 2, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian-American cancer researcher who taught at Tufts University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975.^[1] In 1976, with a $180,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute, he co-founded the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (since renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) with his wife, Lillian.^[2][3][4] He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Tumor Biology, serving in this role from 1980 to 1983.^[5]

References

1. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: William Harold Fishman (1914-2001)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
2. "Dr. William and Lillian Fishman". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
3. Millán, José Luis; Hammarström, Sten; Stigbrand, Torgny (2001). "William H. Fishman, MD, PhD". Tumor Biology. 22 (4): 203–204. doi:10.1159/000050616. ISSN 1010-4283. S2CID 85043550.
4. "History". Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
5. Goldenberg, David M. (2012-06-01). "Introduction to this special issue on tumor targeting". Tumor Biology. 33 (3): 571–572. doi:10.1007/s13277-012-0390-7. ISSN 1010-4283. PMID 22492239.