two children. Awards 1989 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts 1993 Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award 1994 Gairdner Foundation International Award (jointly with Don Wiley) 1994 James R. Klinenberg Science Award from the Arthritis Foundation 1996 AAI-PharMingen Investigator Award 1996 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 1997 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1997 James R. Klinenberg Science Award from the Arthritis Foundation 2001 Member of the National Academy of Sciences 2002 Max Planck Research Award 2002 Member of the American Philosophical Society 2004 Rose Payne Distinguished Scientist Award 2006 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science 2010 National Institute of Health Director's Pioneer Award 2021 Greengard Prize References External links Bio of Bjorkman Description at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Björkman Research Group at HHMI American Association of Immunologists 1956 births American women biochemists American biophysicists Women biophysicists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Howard Hughes Medical Investigators L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Stanford University postdoctoral scholars University of Oregon alumni University of Southern California faculty 20th-century American women scientists 21st-century American women scientists American women academics Members of the American Philosophical Society