Vincent S Gallicchio
Clemson University,USA
Biography
Vincent S. Gallicchio has 45 years experience in academic medicine and research covering experimental hematology, immunology, and developmental therapeutics for human diseases such as AIDS and cancer. He has earned national and international recognition for his efforts. In a first time study reporting on academic scholarly productivity in the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science, Dr. Gallicchio was rated the number one academic biomedical laboratory science researcher in the United States. His passion for research, a high value placed on excellence, a strong reputation as an esteemed collaborator, and a tenacious desire to see a better therapies for human diseases brought to market speak to his overall character.
Over the years his direction leading a research team produced more than 170 peer-reviewed publications, 32 book chapters, several text books, countless number of invited presentations nationally and internationally, and fourteen United States and one international patents. Dr. Gallicchio has secured in excess of $23 million dollars in research funding from various public and private funding agencies including several foundations and many pharmaceutical companies. As a board certified medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Gallicchio serves as a Clinical Laboratory Director. He holds lab directorship certification from the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC) . He also serves as a consultant to Minerals Resources International, Inc., Logan, UT related to the health benefits of trace elements.
Gallicchio earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Hematology at New York University Medical Center and completed fellowships in hematology (Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and University of Connecticut Health Center). He was awarded a diploma in internal medicine from “Vasile Goldis” University of Arad Medical School (Romania). He has served as President of Alpha Eta Honor Society, the International Society for Lithium Research, the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science, and currently serves as Vice President of the Educational and Research Centers in Trace Elements operated under the auspice of UNESCO. He is a Fellow of the Association of Clinical Scientists, the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, and the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA). In 2003, at the 200th anniversary RSA celebration, because of his long-standing effort to educate English biomedical laboratory science students, Dr. Gallicchio was recognized by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
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