Ludwig Professorships

Mr. Daniel K. Ludwig's commitment to cancer research did not end with the establishment of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He also established and endowed the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research at six preeminent academic institutions in the United States of America. Established under the terms of a trust, the F und supports basic and clinical research into the causes, prevention and cure of cancer.

Among the activities supported by the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research are two professorships at each of the six beneficiary institutions:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
Chair, Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professorship in Basic Cancer Research
Ross C. Donehower, M.D.
Chair, Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professorship in the Clinical Investigation of Cancer
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Thomas Benjamin
Ludwig Professor
Dr. Lee Nadler
Ludwig Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D.
Daniel K. Ludwig Professorship for Cancer
Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D.
Daniel K. Ludwig Professorship for Cancer
David E. Housman, Ph.D.
Ludwig Professor of Biology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mark S. Ptashne, Ph.D.
D. K. Ludwig Chair
Dr. Alan Houghton
D. K. Ludwig Chair for Clinical Investigation
Stanford University
Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D.
Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professorship

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Ralph R. Weichselbaum, M.D.
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor
Professor Geoffrey Greene
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor

The following faculty members are also supported by the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund:

Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Martin D. Abeloff, M.D
Ludwig Research Scholar in Cancer Biology
Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
Ludwig Laboratory Support for Molecular Genetics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.
Ludwig Scholar