| Who is it? | Neurologist and Biochemist |
| Birth Day | May 28, 1942 |
| Birth Place | Des Moines, Iowa, United States, United States |
| Age | 81 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Residence | San Francisco, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BS, MD) |
| Known for | Prions Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
| Spouse(s) | Sandy Turk Prusiner |
| Children | two |
| Awards | Potamkin Prize (1991) Dickson Prize (1993) Richard Lounsbery Award (1993) Lasker Award (1994) Keio Medical Science Prize (1996) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997) ForMemRS (1997) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1999) |
| Fields | Neurology Infectious diseases |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Francisco |
| Website | ind.ucsf.edu/ind/aboutus/faculty/prusiners |
Stanley B. Prusiner's net worth is estimated to be around $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. Renowned as a highly accomplished neurologist and biochemist, Prusiner has made significant contributions to the field of neuroscience in the United States. He is widely recognized for his groundbreaking research on prions and prion diseases, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997. Throughout his illustrious career, Prusiner's work has garnered immense respect and admiration, solidifying his reputation as a leading figure in the scientific community.
After three years at NIH, Prusiner returned to UCSF to complete a residency in neurology. Upon completion of the residency in 1974, Prusiner joined the faculty of the UCSF neurology department. Since that time, Prusiner has held various faculty and visiting faculty positions at both UCSF and UC Berkeley.
Prusiner was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1992 and to its governing council in 2007. He is also an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993), a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1997, and the American Philosophical Society (1998), the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2003), and the Institute of Medicine.
Stanley Prusiner won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for his work in proposing an explanation for the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") and its human equivalent, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. In this work, he coined the term prion, which comes from the words "proteinaceous" and "infectious," in 1982 to refer to a previously undescribed form of infection due to protein misfolding.
