▁invent ing ▁a ▁G M - CS F ▁gen et ically ▁engine ered ▁v acc ines ▁for ▁pro state ▁cancer . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Sim ons ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁I th aca , ▁New ▁York . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁husband , ▁son , ▁and ▁grand son ▁of ▁cancer ▁surv iv ors . ▁Sim ons ’ ▁father , ▁David ▁M . ▁Sim ons , ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁Corn ell ▁University , ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁thousand ▁patients ▁c ured ▁of ▁rela ps ed ▁H od g kin ’ s ▁L ym ph oma ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁participation ▁in ▁National ▁Can cer ▁Institute ▁clin ical ▁tri als . ▁Sim ons ▁is ▁the ▁grand son ▁of ▁M . L . ▁Wilson , ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁Under ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁under ▁President ▁Franklin ▁Ro ose vel t . ▁Sim ons ▁graduated ▁from ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁with ▁an ▁A . B . ▁in ▁bio chem istry ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁Before ▁entering ▁medical ▁school , ▁Sim ons ▁studied ▁as ▁a ▁Rot ary ▁International ▁Post grad uate ▁Fellow ▁in ▁the ▁Human ities ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Kent ▁in ▁Can ter bury , ▁England , ▁and ▁a ▁N uff ield ▁Foundation ▁Fellow ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Bio chem istry ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge . ▁ ▁Sim ons ▁received ▁an ▁MD ▁degree ▁from ▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁University ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁res iden cy ▁in ▁internal ▁medicine ▁at ▁Massachusetts ▁General