Robert Charles Gallo (/ˈɡɑːloʊ/; lahir 23 Maret 1937) adalah seorang penelit biomedikal Amerika Serikat. Ia dikenal karena perannya dalam penemuan human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sebagai agen infeksi yang menimbulkan acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), dalam pengembagan tes darah HIV, dan ia menjadi kontributor utama dari riset HIV.
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Dr. Robert Gallo pada tahun 2017 | |
Lahir | Robert Charles Gallo 23 Maret 1937 Waterbury, Connecticut, Amerika Serikat |
Pendidikan | Providence College (Sarjana) Thomas Jefferson University (Doktor) |
Tahun aktif | 1963–sekarang |
Dikenal atas | Salah satu penemu HIV |
Profesi | Dokter medis |
Institusi | National Cancer Institute |
Spesialisasi | Penyakit infeksi dan virologi |
Penelitian | Riset biomedikal |
Penghargaan | Lasker Award (1982, 1986) Charles S. Mott Prize (1984) Dickson Prize (1985) Japan Prize (1988) |
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- Gallo, Robert (1991). Virus Hunting: AIDS, Cancer & The Human Retrovirus. A Story of Scientific Discovery. ISBN 0-465-09806-1.
- Epstein, Steven (1996). Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge. University of California Press. hlm. 480 pages. ISBN 978-0-520-20233-7.
- Crewdson, John (2002). Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Coverup, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo. Little, Brown & Co. hlm. 670, xviii. ISBN 0-316-13476-7.
- Shilts, Randy (2007). And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (edisi ke-revised). St. Martin's Griffin. hlm. 656 pages. ISBN 978-0-312-37463-1.
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- [1] Combatting AIDS at Home by Dr. Robert Gallo, The Washington Post, op-ed, November 16, 2008
- Holton, Noel. . Institute of Human Virology. University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2006-10-04. Diakses tanggal 2016-04-16.[tepercaya?]
- Discovering the Cause of AIDS, by Stanley B. Prusiner
- Robert Gallo optimistic about finding an HIV vaccine soon 2005-12-11 di Wayback Machine. - A recorded Interview on IsraCast
- NIH oral History of Dr. Robert C. Gallo on AIDS research
- The Sound and Fury of HIV
- French researchers win for virus discovery; controversial scientist shunned
- Portrait, Interviews und Lectures
- Dan David Prize laureate 2009