K. Frank Austen (1928–2023) was an American professor of immunology and respiratory diseases at the Harvard Medical School. He won a Gairdner Foundation Award, a Kober Medal and a Warren Alpert Prize for his medical research. He graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Medical School.Boyce J, Kaplan A. In lasting tribute: K. Frank Austen, March 14, 1928, to June 23, 2023. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 152, 591-592
History Austen was born in Ohio. His early health complications with paralytic polio influenced him into entering the medical field.
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