Franco Maria Buonaguro

Background

Buonaguro, Franco Maria was born March 7, 1952 in Benevento, Italy. Son of Emanuele Buonaguro and Carmela Filomena De Filippo.

Education

Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Federico The second Medical School, Napoli, Italy, 1977; Specialty cum laude in Endocrinology, Federico The second Medical School, Napoli, Italy, 1982; Specialty cum laude in Microbiology & Virology, Federico The second Medical School, Napoli, Italy, 1992; Medical diplomate with honors Italian National Medical Board, 1977.

Career

Postdoc. fellow Argonne National Laboratory, Tumor Biology, Chicago, 1979—1981; lecturer experimental oncology Medical School, University Federico The second, Napoli, 1981—1983; fellow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Tumor Biology Programme, Seattle, 1983—1984, research associate, 1984—1986; research fellow Institute Naz. Tumori Fond Pascale, Department Experimental Oncology, Unit Viral Oncology, Napoli, 1986—1988, assistant member, 1988—1991, associate member, 1991—2001; head, viral oncology unit Institute Naz Tumori Fond Pascale, since 2000; research associate Medical School, University Federico The second, Department Pathology; co-director East Africa AIDS Research Center, Entebbe, Uganda, 1995—2001, director, since 2001; head AIDS Regional Reference Center, Napoli, since 2001; Chief editor Infectious Agents and Cancer Society, Napoli, since 2006, president, since 2006.

Membership

• American Society Microbiology

• European Association Cancer Research

• International AIDS Society

• World Federation Scientists

Connections

Spouse MariaTeresa Melillo, July 20, 1980.

Father:

Emanuele

Mother:

Carmela