Carlo M. Croce

Carlo M. Croce is an Italian Medical Doctor and oncologist noted for research into the genetic mechanisms of cancer. Croce received the 2006 Clowes Memorial Award from the American Association for Cancer Research for his discoveries of the molecular mechanisms of Leukemia.^[1] In 2010, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[2]

In 2010, Croce became director of The John W. Wolfe Chair for the Human Cancer Genetics Program at Ohio State University.^[3]

Early life

Croce was born on December 17, 1944 in Milan, Italy to housewife and mechanical engineer. At age 2, Croce moved to Rome. In 1963 Croce enters the school of medicine of La Sapienza University of Rome and graduated in 1969 with "summa cum laude" in medicine and latin. In his late 20's, Croce moves to Philadelphia to work at Temple University

Personal Life

Dr. Croce has two children, one born in 1979 and the other in 1997.

Honors & Awards

1975 Research Career Development Award, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD

1985 Outstanding Investigator Award, The National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD

1987 Scientific Award, American Cancer Society, Philadelphia Division

1990 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, Association for Cancer Research

1992 Eagles Fly for Leukemia Lifetime Achievement Award

1992 Scanno Prize for Medicine

1992 Outstanding Investigator Award, The National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD

1993 Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation

1993 John Scott Award

1994 Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Cancer Award

1994 Honorary Member, Japanese Cancer Association

1995 CLAS Distinguished Scientist Award

1996 National Academy of Sciences MVIMG

1997 Rudolf Virchow Honorary Lectureship, University of Wurzburg, Germany

1997 Scientific Excellence in Medicine Award, American-Italian Cancer Foundation

1997 The Twenty-Fifth Solomon A. Berson Memorial Lecture, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY

1999 Raymond Bourgine Award and Gold Medal of Paris

1999 The 1999 AACR-Pezcoller International Award for Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research

1999 The 1999 Herz Memorial Lecture in Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University

2000 Doctor in Medicine, Honoris Causa, Uppsala University, Sweden

2000 Honor of Merit of Italian Republic

2001 Clavius Award for Achievement in Science and Research

2002 Rod and Ceil Mortel Lecture in Cancer Research, Penn State University

2003 Italian Gold Medal for Public Health, Presented by President Ciampi

2003 President of the Republic Prize, Accademia di Lincei

2003 Golgi Lecture, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

2003 Foreign Member, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, delta dei XL

2004 Premio Beccaria, A. Serra Foundation for Cancer Research

2005 Gottlieb Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center

2006 G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award, American Association for Cancer Research

2010 Fellow, Fellow. American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), Cambridge, MA, United States.

References

1. ^ "AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award". American Association for Cancer Research. April 2006. http://www.aacr.org/Uploads/DocumentRepository/2006_AM_pdfs/awards_page/2006AM_awards_clowes.pdf. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Renowned Cancer Researcher Coming to Ohio State, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University

• https://pro.osu.edu/profiles/croce.5/
• http://www.internalmedicine.osu.edu/genetics/article.cfm?ID=1727

Persondata
Name	Croce, Carlo M.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Date of death
Place of death