Harold Varmus was born on 18 December 199 in New York, USA. His parents were white and of Jewish ethnicity. His grandfather was an immigrant who came from Poland when he was very young in search of work. His father’s name is Frank Varmus and he worked as a physician and his mother's name is Beatrice and she worked as a social worker.
Harold was a very good student since his childhood. He completed his schooling from Freeport High school in 1957. He was inclined towards literature when he was a kid but then he started to like science more and found an interest in it. He did his master’s degree in English from the famous Harvard University.
After completing his arts degree he started to have an affinity towards medical science and so he started to pursue it. He however couldn't get into Harvard University as he was a student of English and had no previous experience in medical science. He later enrolled himself into the Columbia University where he earned his MD degree.
His career started when he started to work in an Indian Hospital for his internship. This was just a 3-month-old internship but he learned a lot in that time. After return to the USA, he got a job at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in 1966. He only worked there for a couple of years and later joined Public Health Services at NIH.
In 1970 he stopped working and started to do research in the hospital's lab. Soon after that he turned to lecturing and became a professor at University of California. He soon became a senior professor at the university and it was at this time that he was successful in identifying the c-src cells that give rise to v-src that causes cancer.
In 1989 he was given Nobel Prize for his feat that helped develop cancer-curing medicines. He has been awarded a number of awards for his exceptional work in the medical field. In 1982 he got the Albert Lasker Basic Medical research Award with one of his associates. 7 years later he got Nobel Prize in Physiology. In 2001 he got the Vannevar Bush awards for his work.
There is not much known about his personal life. He is married to Constance Louise Casey. His wife works as a book critic and journalist. They reportedly met at a party and then fell in love. After few dates, they decide to get married in 1969. He has two children with his wife. His net worth is estimated to be around $50 million. He isn’t very active on social media. On being asked about why he doesn't use any of the social media platforms such as Facebook and twitter he said that email is enough for him and it gets the work done.
| Birth Date: | 18 Dec, 1939 |
| Age: | 80 yrs |
| Occupations: | Virologist Physician |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Oceanside |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American scientist |
