Shields Warren (February 26, 1898 – July 1, 1980) was an American pathologist. He was among the first to study the pathology of radioactive fallout. Warren influenced and mentored Eleanor Josephine Macdonald, epidemiologist and cancer researcher. Biography He graduated with an A.B in 1918 from Boston University and with an M.D. in 1923 from Harvard Medical School. From 1923 to 1925 he was an assistant in pathology at Boston City Hospital and completed his medical residency there in 1927. At Harvard Medical School, he began teaching as an instructor in pathology in 1925, was promoted to assistant professor in 1936, and became a full professor of pathology in 1948. In 1927 he became a pathologist at New England Deaconess Hospital (which later became part of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and was promoted to pathologist-in-chief in 1946, serving in that post for 36 years. He also served as pathologist-in-chief at New England Baptist Hospital and at Pondville State Hospital and was a consultant for several other hospitals. He established New England Deaconess Hospital's Cancer Research Institute and served as the director of the Institute until he resigned from the directorship in 1968. On August 11, 1923, he married Alice Springfield. They had two children. Awards and honors Shields Warren Festschrift Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Clinical Pathology, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 1949 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association, 1953 Pathologist of the Year, Meritorious Service Award, College of American Pathologists, 1955 Albert Einstein Medal and Award, 1962 James Ewing Lecture, Society of Surgical Oncology, 1962 Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1962 Member of the American Philosophical Society, 1963 American Cancer Society National Award, 1968 Enrico Fermi Award, US DOE, 1971 Holmes Lecture, New England Roentgen Ray Society, 1972 Gold Headed Cane Award, Association of Clinical Scientists, 1980 Endowed professorship Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professorship of Clinical Research, Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School Shields Warren Award, Boston University Health Physics Society Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, 1974 Founders Award, 1985 Professional service Trustee, American Board of Pathology, 1944–1958 American Society for Experimental Pathology U.S. Atomic Energy Commission U.S. Department of Defense National Academy of Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration Veterans' Administration Publications Exposure Rates and Protective Measures against Radiation. Warren, Shields. (February 15, 1963). Exposure Rates and Protective Measures against Radiation. Proceedings of the