Dr Carlo M Croce
- Director
- Ohio State University
- United States
Biography:
Prof. Carlo M. Croce is an Italian-American molecular geneticist and professor of medicine at Ohio State University.
He is the director of Human Cancer Genetics, Chairman of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, and director of the Institute of Genetics at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was also professor of medical oncology at the University of Ferrara School of Medicine.
In 1999, Prof. Croce received the Raymond Bourgine Award and Gold Medal of Paris, and in 2000, the Honor of Merit of the Italian Republic. He was honored with The Henry M. Stratton Medal by the American Society of Hematology in 2007.
Prof. Croce is a member of The National Academy of Sciences, USA, the National Academy of Medicine, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and the National Academy of Inventors. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Prestigious Awards:
2018 - Dan David Prize, Dan David Foundation at Tel Aviv University, shared with Prof. Mary-Claire King and Prof. Bert Vogelstein
2013 - Health Prize of the Fund InBev-Baillet Latour, Leuven, Belgium
2008 - ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize for a Major Breakthrough in the Field of Cancer