Gioacchino Failla

Gioacchino Failla

Gioacchino Failla (second from right) in a 1937 photograph entitled "Most Famous Cancer Researchers in the World"
Born Gioacchino Failla
(1891-07-19)July 19, 1891
Castelbuono Palermo, Sicily
Died December 15, 1961(1961-12-15) (aged 70)
Downers Grove near
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States
Fields Physics
Health Physics
Medical Physics
Institutions Memorial Hospital (New York City, New York)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Argonne National Laboratory
Alma mater Columbia University
Sorbonne
Doctoral advisor Marie Curie
Known for Biophysics
Radiobiology
Notable awards Pulitzer Scholarship
Leonard Prize
Janeway Medal
Caldwell Medal
Gold Medal of the
Radiological Society of North America
Ewing Society Medal
American Cancer Society
Annual National Award
Judd Cancer Award

Gioacchino Failla (19 July 1891 - 15 December 1961) was an Italian-born American physicist. A pioneer in both biophysics and radiobiology, he was particularly noted for his work on the role of radiation as a cause of cancer and genetic mutation. He was born in Castelbuono in the Province of Palermo and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1906. After his retirement from Columbia University's Center for Radiological Research in 1960 he was appointed Senior Scientist Emeritus in the Radiological Physics Division of the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. He was killed in a car accident near the laboratory at the age of 70.[1][2]

Famous Cancer Researchers

In the photograph often referred to as the "Most Famous Cancer Researchers in the World," pictured are from left to right:

At the time the photograph was taken, Little headed the Roscoe B. Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Allen was professor of anatomy at Yale University Medical School; and Andervont was with the U.S. Public Health Service. Macklin was associate professor of Histology and Embryology at University of Western Ontario, and later served as president of the American Society of Human Genetics. Kreyberg taught at the University of Oslo; Failla was then working at the Cancer Memorial Hospital of New York City; and Coutard was chief of the department of x-ray therapy for cancer at the Radium Institute, University of Paris.

Professional service

Honorary Membership

Awards and Honors

Failla Memorial Lecture

Patents

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Marinelli, L. M. (1962). "Gioacchino Failla (1891–1961)". Radiation Research, Vol. 16, pp. 619–622
  2. ↑ Columbia University Center for Radiological Research. "Gioacchino Failla"
  3. ↑ "Janeway Lectures". American Radium Society. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (14 April 1925). Stopcock. U.S. Patent No. 1,533,793. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  5. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (8 April 1930). Method and means for applying radium emanation. U.S. Patent No. 1,753,287. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  6. ↑ Rose, John Ernest & Gioacchino Failla. (17 April 1934). Method and means for treatment by radiations. U.S. Patent No. 1,954,868. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  7. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (30 July 1935). Means for effecting therapeutic implantations. U.S. Patent No. 2,009,393. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  8. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (29 September 1937). Methods and means for testing radiant energy. U.S. Patent No. 2,094,318. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  9. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (2 November 1937). Testing method and apparatus. U.S. Patent No. 2,097,760. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  10. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (17 November 1953). Radiation measuring device. U.S. Patent No. 2,659,826. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  11. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (6 July 1954). Radiation meter." U.S. Patent No. 2,683,222. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  12. ↑ Failla, Gioacchino. (17 January 1956). Radiation detection device. U.S. Patent No. 2,731,568. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  13. ↑ Rose, John Ernest, Failla, Gioacchino, & Francis Rudolph Shonka. (24 October 1961). Method of using and manufacturing plastic equivalent to organic materials. U.S. Patent No. 3,005,794. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Filed: 8 August 1958.
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