Benjamin Levine Ebert

Benjamin Levine Ebert is the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Director of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms of hematologic malignancies and clonal hematopoiesis.

Key discoveries include mechanisms of targeted protein degradation using lenalidomide and characterizing genetic drivers of myelodysplastic syndromes. His laboratory develops novel therapeutic approaches for blood cancers.

Major honors:

• Meyenburg Prize for Cancer Research
• Sjöberg Prize from Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• Elected to National Academy of Medicine
• William Dameshek Prize from American Society of Hematology