Robert Gallo

Name: HIV
Start: 1983

American biomedical researcher · United States · On the map · Doctors · Born 1937 · age 89

Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to...

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2014Fellow of the AACR AcademyAward2009Dan David PrizeAward2005Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2004National Inventors Hall of FameAward2000Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific ResearchAward1999Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeAward1997Warren Alpert Foundation PrizeAward1988Japan PrizeAward1987Canada Gairdner International AwardAward1986Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1985Dickson Prize in MedicineAward1984Charles S. Mott PrizeAward1983In historyHIVWith

Luc Montagnier1983Leopold Griffuel PrizeAward1982Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1937Born23 March 1937

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Fellow of the AACR Academy2014

Dan David Prize2009

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2005

National Inventors Hall of Fame2004

Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research2000

Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize1999

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize1997

Japan Prize1988

Canada Gairdner International Award1987

Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award1986

Dickson Prize in Medicine1985

Charles S. Mott Prize1984

Leopold Griffuel Prize1983

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1982

James Joyce Awards

Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

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He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.

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