Anthony Fauci
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Tony Fauci
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2, 1984
President Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Richard Krause
Personal details
Born December 24, 1940 (age 79)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Christine Grady (m. 1985)
Children 3
Education College of the Holy Cross (BS)
Cornell University (MD)
Known for HIV and progression to AIDS
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
Awards Maxwell Finland Award (1989)
Ernst Jung Prize (1995)
Lasker Award (2007)
Medal of Freedom (2008)
Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 2013)
Scientific career
Fields Immunology
Institutions National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anthony Stephen Fauci ( /ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American immunologist who, as a physician employed by the National Institutes of Health of the United States, has served public health in a variety of capacities for more than half a century. He has made substantial contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has been called "the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases".[1] He is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
Early life and education
Anthony Stephen Fauci was born on December 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, to Stephen A. Fauci and Eugenia A. Fauci, who owned a pharmacy in which his father worked as the pharmacist, his mother and sister worked the register, and Fauci delivered prescriptions.[2] He is of Italian descent and grew up Catholic.[2][3] He graduated from Regis High School in New York City and went on to attend the College of the Holy Cross and received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1966.[2] He then completed an internship and residency at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.[4]
P.S.
The College of the Holy Cross, or better known simply as Holy Cross, is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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