Timothy "Tim" A. Springer (born February 23, 1948) is an immunologist and the Latham Family Professor at Harvard Medical School.
[2] After obtaining his PhD, Springer took a postdoctoral position under César Milstein at the University of Cambridge and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
[1][13] Since 2012, Springer has been a Senior Investigator at the Research Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine of the Boston Children's Hospital.
[18][19] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Forbes estimated Springer's net worth as USD$1 billion after in share price of biotechnology companies surged.
[20] In 2017, Springer co-founded the 501(c)(3) organization Institute for Protein Innovation, which focuses on antibody research,[21] with him providing a $10 million foundational grant.
In addition, Springer identified the steps through which white blood cells move out of the circulatory system towards the site of damage or infection.
[30] Springer is married to Chafen Lu, a former assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and an alumnus of his lab.
[31][32] Springer founded and has made contributions to the Institute for Protein Innovation, a Boston-based nonprofit biomedical research organization.