Anthony Fauci
| Anthony S. Fauci | |
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Anthony Fauci (Jim Wallace, 2001)
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December 24, 1940 Brooklyn, New York |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| Alma mater | Regis High School, College of the Holy Cross, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University |
| Known for | HIV and the progression to AIDS |
| Notable awards | Maxwell Finland Award (1989) Ernst Jung Prize (1995) Lasker Award (2007) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008) Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 2013) |
Anthony Stephen "Tony" Fauci (pronunciation: /ˈfaʊtʃi/) (born December 24, 1940) is an American immunologist who has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Anthony Stephen Fauci was born on December 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, to Stephen A. Fauci and Eugenia A. Fauci, who owned a pharmacy in which his father worked as the a pharmacist, his mother and sister worked the register, and Fauci delivered prescriptions. He is of Italian descent and grew up Catholic. He graduated from Regis High School in New York City and went on to attend the College of the Holy Cross and received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1966. He then completed an internship and residency at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
In 1968, he came to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a clinical associate in the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI) in NIAID. In 1974, he became Head of the Clinical Physiology Section, LCI, and in 1980 was appointed Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, a position he still holds. In 1984, he became Director of NIAID, which has the responsibility for an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research on infectious and immune-mediated illnesses.
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