Lora Hooper

{{short description|American biologist}}

Lora V. Hooper is an American biologist, currently the Jonathan W. Uhr Distinguished Chair in Immunology and Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In 2015, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web |url=http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2015/april/nas-hooper-kliewer.html |title=Hooper and Kliewer elected to prestigious National Academy of Sciences |date=April 28, 2015 |publisher=utsouthwestern.edu |accessdate=February 25, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/60931/lora-hooper.html |title=Lora Hooper |publisher=utsouthwestern.edu |accessdate=February 25, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/center-times/year-2015/january/hooper-uhr.html |title=Hooper named first holder of Uhr Distinguished Chair |publisher=utsouthwestern.edu |accessdate=February 25, 2017}}