Ohio State Scientist Receives One of Nation's Highest Honors

Dr. Carlo M. Croce, chair of the department of molecular virology, immunology, and medical genetics; and director of The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Institute of Genetics, was named a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies in Washington, DC.  An Ohio State University scientist whose research and discoveries are respected around the world, Croce is also the John W. Wolfe Chair in Human Cancer Genetics and director of the human cancer genetics program in The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Croce’s renowned career in research has uncovered early events involved in the pathogenesis of leukemia, lymphoma, lung, nasopharyngeal, head and neck, esophageal, gastrointestinal and breast cancers. More recently, he discovered the novel role of microRNAs in the genesis of various cancers.

Being named to the IOM is one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine.

For more details, see the release from OSU:
http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/releases/Pages/Ohio-State-Scienti...