Riccardo Dalla-favera

Biography

Dr.Riccardo Dalla-Favera obtained his MD from the University of Milan, Italy in 1976. Following his residency in Haematology Dr Dalla-Favera joined the National Cancer Institute of USA as a visiting fellow. He joined the New York University of Medicine as an assistant Professor in 1983 and then moved to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1991. Here he helped to found the Institute for Cancer Genetics and has been its’ Director since 1999. Dalla-Favera has been a leader in the field of molecular oncology and has made fundamental contributions to the field of cancer, especially in the study of the molecular genetics of B cell malignancies. As a researcher, he has contributed much of the current knowledge on the genetic lesions responsible for human B cell lymphoma, which have led to the development of diagnostic tests and are being tested as targets in clinical trials with lymphoma patients. His has been awarded numerous prizes for his research including the 2007 William Dameshek Prize from the American Society of Hematology, The 2009 San Salvatore Foundation Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Lymphoma Research, and the 2014 Oncomed Giants of Cancer Care Award. He is an elected member of Institute of Medicine of The National Academy of Sciences, USA.

Research Interest

 Immunology