Anthony Fauci

Biography

Anthony Stephen Fauci (born December 24, 1940) is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984. Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States. As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States, he has served public health in various capacities for over fifty years. He has made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the head of the NIAID at the NIH.

Awards & recognition

Dan David Prize · 2021
NAS Public Welfare Medal · 2021
Philip Hauge Abelson Prize · 2021
John Maddox Prize · 2020
Nature's 10 · 2020

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Prix International de l’INSERM · 2020
Canada Gairdner Global Health Award · 2016
Mendel Medal · 2016
honorary doctor of George Washington University · 2015
Prince Mahidol Award · 2013
Robert Koch Gold Medal · 2013
honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 2012
Dr. Paul Janssen Award — Biomedical Research · 2010
honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2009
Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2008
George M. Kober Medal · 2007
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award · 2007
American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award · 2005
National Medal of Science · 2005
Albany Medical Center Prize · 2002
Alexander Fleming Award · 1999
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award — Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research · 1999
Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize · 1998
Ernst Jung Prize — Medicine · 1995
Dr. Nathan Davis Award — Members of the Executive Branch in Career Public Service · 1992
Maxwell Finland Award · 1989
George M. Kober Lectureship · 1988
Arthur S. Flemming Award · 1979
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
honorary doctor of Johns Hopkins University
honorary doctor of Pennsylvania State University
honorary doctorate from Emory University
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic