Dan Littman

{{short description|American immunologist}}

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| workplaces = New York University
University of California, San Francisco
Columbia University

| alma_mater = Washington University in St. Louis
Princeton University

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| academic_advisors = Richard Axel

| notable_students = Deng Hongkui

| known_for = Work on CD4 T lymphocytes

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| awards = William B. Coley Award (2016)
New York City Mayor's Prize for Excellence in Science and Technology
Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award of the American Association of Immunologists
Searle Scholar Award
Alexander Berg Prize in Microbiology and Immunology

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Dan R. Littman is an American immunologist best known for his work on T lymphocytes. He is Professor of Molecular Immunology at New York University, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.{{cite web |title=Member directory: Dan R. Littman |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20007491.html |accessdate=October 9, 2017}} On October 15, 2012, he was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine.{{cite web |title=IOM Elects 70 New Members, 10 Foreign Associates |publisher=Institute of Medicine |url=http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/News%20Announcements/2012-New-Members.aspx |accessdate=October 9, 2017 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718050547/http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/News%20Announcements/2012-New-Members.aspx |url-status=dead }} He became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Immunology in 2013.{{cite journal |last1=Paul |first1=William E. |title=Preface |journal=Annual Review of Immunology |date=23 April 2012 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=annurev–iy–30-032612-100001 |doi=10.1146/annurev-iy-30-032612-100001 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-iy-30-032612-100001 |access-date=17 September 2021}}