Charles A. Dinarello

Charles A. Dinarello
Charles Dinarello, 2010
Born	April 22, 1943 (1943-04-22) (age 68) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Fields	Medicine Immunology
Institutions	University of Colorado Denver
Alma mater	Yale University
Known for	Research on inflammatory cytokines
Notable awards	Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2010) Crafoord Prize (2009) Albany Medical Center Prize (2009)

Charles A. Dinarello (born April 22, 1943) is a professor of medicine currently at the University of Colorado at Denver. He is an expert on inflammatory cytokines, specifically Interleukin 1.

Dinarello received his Doctor of Medicine in 1969 at Yale University and since 1996, he is Professor of Medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dinarello is considered one of the founding fathers of cytokines having purified and cloned interleukin-1. This important step established the validation of cytokines as mediators of disease, particularly of inflammation. Current studies blocking IL-1 in humans supports Dinarello's and his co-workers pivotal contributions to cytokine biology and the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases.

He's fluent in English and German.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• 1993, Ernst Jung Prize
• The 2009 Albany Medical Center Prize (Shared with Ralph M. Steinman and Bruce A. Beutler)^[1]
• 2009, together with Tadamitsu Kishimoto and Toshio Hirano: Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis for “for their pioneering work to isolate interleukins, determine their properties and explore their role in the onset of inflammatory diseases”.^[2]
• 2010: Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

References

1. ^ Immune system researchers win $500K medical prize
2. ^ Press Release of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

External links

• Institutional Website
• Information about his research from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Name	Dinarello, Charles A
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Date of birth	April 22, 1943
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts
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