Background
Gallo, Robert Charles was born on March 23, 1937 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Francis Anton and Louise Mary (Ciancuilli) Gallo.
Gallo, Robert Charles was born on March 23, 1937 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Francis Anton and Louise Mary (Ciancuilli) Gallo.
Bachelor, Providence College, 1959; Doctor of Science (honorary), Providence College, 1974; Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1963; 11 honorary degrees from universities in the United States, Belgium, Italy, Israel.
Intern, resident medicine, University of Chicago, 1963-1965;
clinical associate medical branch, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1968;
senior investigator human tumor cell biology branch, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1969;
head section cellular control mechanisms, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1972;
chief laboratory tumor cell biology, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1993;
director, professor medicine and microbiology Institute Human Virology, U. Maryland., Baltimore, since 1993. Adjunct Professor genetics George Washington University. Adjunct Professor biology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, honorary professor biology, since 1985.
Honorary professor medicine Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, since 1998, honorary professor J+Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, since 1998. United States representative to world committee Internat Comparative Leukemia and Lymphoma Association, since 1981. Member of the Board of Governors Franco American Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1987, world Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1987.
With United States Public Health Service, 1965-1968. Member NAS, Institute Medicine, International Society Hematology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Biological Chemists, American Microbiology Society, Bio-chemical Society, American Association Cancer Research (Rosenthal award 1993), American Society Microbiology, American Federation Clinical Research, Federation for Advanced Education in Sciences, Royal Society Physicians of Scotland (honorary), Royal Society Medicine (honorary), Royal Society of Medicine (Belgium), Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary).
Married Mary Jane Hayes, July 1, 1961. Children: Robert Charles, Marcus.