Internationally Decorated · Human genetics / immunology / infectious disease
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova studies how human genetic variation affects immunity and susceptibility to infectious disease.
Selected awards
Career recognition
- 2025
Novo Nordisk Prize
For discovering inherited immune-system defects that help explain why some people develop severe infections.
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Award source for Novo Nordisk Prize (opens in a new tab) - 2014
Robert Koch Prize
Shared recognition for revealing how human genes and the proteins they encode influence susceptibility to infectious diseases.
Robert Koch Foundation
Award source for Robert Koch Prize (opens in a new tab)