Anthony Cerami
Anthony Cerami | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Microbiologist |
| Employer | Warren Pharmaceuticals |
| Known for | Microbiology |
| Website | [1] |
Anthony Cerami is an award-winning microbiologist at Warren Pharmaceuticals.
Biography
Anthony Cerami is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) and the Institute of Medicine. He received a Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University, New York, USA, completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA, and at the Jackson Laboratory, Maine, USA, and served for 20 years as Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry, and Dean of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies at Rockefeller.[1] In 1996, he and his daughter Carla Cerami Hand established the Kenneth S. Warren Institute, a not-for-profit biomedical research organization.
Research
Anthony Cerami has led research programs into genetic, metabolic and infectious diseases, with the goal of translating scientific discovery into clinically important products. Among the successes of his approach are: haemoglobin A1c to monitor diabetic control, anti-tumour necrosis factor therapies to treat inflammatory diseases, and, recently, tissue protective cytokines to safely treat devastating diseases and injuries. He is the recipient the Luft Award in Diabetes and the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement, awarded by the American Diabetes Association in recognition of his lifelong work on diabetes.
References
- ^ Cerami, Anthony, Corporate Profile, retrieved 2008-07-25
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