Saveria Campo
| Professor Saveria Campo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Maria Saveria Campo 1947 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Viral oncologist |
| Website |
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Professor Maria Saveria Campo FRSE (born 1947), known as Saveria, is an Italian viral oncologist, known for being the first person to demonstrate an effective papillomavirus vaccine.[1]
Campo graduated summa cum laude from the University of Palermo, Italy in 1969, then obtained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1973.[2]
From 1973 to 1976 she worked in Edinburgh's department of genetics, and from 1976 to 1981 in the department of zoology.[2]
In 1982 she took up a position leading the papillomavirus research group at the Beatson institute for cancer research at the University of Glasgow. She became a professor there in 1992 and in 1999 became professor of viral oncology at Glasgow's institute of comparative medicine.[2][1]
She served on a Royal Society Research Grants Scheme board from 2008 to 2009.[3]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2006.[2][4]
References
- 1 2 "Biography of Saveria Campo". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009), Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-123-3 http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol38 Missing or empty
|title=(help), Wikidata Q29581772 - ↑ "Saveria Campo". Royal Society. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "Professor Maria Saveria Campo FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 4 July 2017.