Background
Pagano, Joseph Stephen was born on December 29, 1931 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Angelo Pagano and Marian (Vinci) Signorino.
Pagano, Joseph Stephen was born on December 29, 1931 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Angelo Pagano and Marian (Vinci) Signorino.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, U. Rochester, 1953; Doctor of Medicine Yale University, 1957.
Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Harvard University, Boston, 1960-1961;
fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1961-1962;
member, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, 1962-1965;
assistant professor, then associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1965-1973;
professor emeritus medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1974;
director division infectious diseases, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1975;
director, U. North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, since 1974. Attending physician North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill. Visiting professor Swiss Institute Cancer Research, Lausanne, 1970-1971, Lineberger professor cancer research, since 1986.
Member virology study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973-1979. Consultant Burroughs Wellcome Company, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1978-1995. Member recombinant DNA advising committee United States Public Health Service, 1986-1990.
Member chancellor's advising committee U. North Carolina, 1985-1991, chair 1990-1991. Board directors Burroughs Wellcome Fund, since 1993. Member of advisory committee North Carolina Cancer Coord. and Control, since 1993.
Mclaughlinvis. professor of University Texas Medical Branch, 1996.
Board of directors American Cancer Society, North Carolina, since 1980. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Newcomb Anderson prize selection committee 1984-1988), Association American Cancer Institutions (board directors 1992-1995, vice president 1995, president 1996-1997), Infectious Disease Society American, American Society Microbiology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Virology, American Association Physicians, International Association for Research in Epstein-Barr Virus and Associations Diseases (president 1991-1994, 1st Gertrude and Werner Henle lecturer on viral oncology 1990, North Carolina award in science 1996), Chapel Hill Tennis Club (president 1980-1982), Carolina Club, Baldhead Island Club.
Married Anna Louise Reynolds, June 8, 1957. Children: Stephen Reynolds, Christopher Joseph.