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Medicine & Public Health
Anthony S. Fauci
b. 1940Brooklyn, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Physician-scientist whose 38 years as NIAID Director shaped U.S. responses to HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and COVID-19.
Notable For
- Director of NIAID 1984–2022
- Led federal HIV/AIDS research from 1981
- COVID-19 pandemic advisor
Honors & Recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008)
- Robert Koch Gold Medal
- National Medal of Science
Sources
- National Institutes of Healthgovernment
- Encyclopaedia Britannicabiography
Last reviewed: 2026-05-07
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Medicine & Public Health
- Years
- b. 1940
- Birth Place
- Brooklyn, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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