Background
Foa, Piero Pio was born on April 13, 1911 in Torino, Italy. Came to the United States, 1939. Son of Carlo and Eloisa (Errera) Foa.
Foa, Piero Pio was born on April 13, 1911 in Torino, Italy. Came to the United States, 1939. Son of Carlo and Eloisa (Errera) Foa.
Doctor of Medicine, University Milan, 1934. Doctor of Science, University Milan, 1938.
Instructor physiology, U. Pavia, Italy., 1938-1939; research fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1939; research fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1940-1942; from assistant professor to professor physiology, Chicago Medical School, 1944-1961; chair department research, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, 1962-1976; professor physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1962-1982; professor physiology emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1983.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Endocrinology Society, American Diabetes Association (president Michigan affiliate 1977-1980), American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biological Medicine (president Illinois section 1954-1956), Italian Society Experimental Biology (honorary), Japanese Endocrine Society (honorary), Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary), Sigma Xi (president Chicago Medical School chapter 1952).
Married Naomi Levin, April 6, 1941. Children: Helen Serena, Richard Paul.