Laurie Glimcher

Immunologist

“Be a risk taker. Never be afraid to try something new, and be as stubborn as a bull. Laboratory breakthroughs are never made by being cautious.”

Career Highlights

• First female Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York
• Has made breakthrough discoveries in T-lymphocyte cells that respond to invasions in the body
• Was a senior physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard University
• Advocate for building support networks for women scientists while they raise families