Carlo Croce

When Ohio State recruited Carlo Croce to lead its already acclaimed efforts in human cancer genetics, the university gained not only one of the world s top medical minds, but a savant of assorted fields who sees a strong link between science and the arts. "Scientists and artists work in much the same manner," says Croce, who also chairs the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics in the OSU College of Medicine and Public Health. "Artists have workshops where...See more

When Ohio State recruited Carlo Croce to lead its already acclaimed efforts in human cancer genetics, the university gained not only one of the world s top medical minds, but a savant of assorted fields who sees a strong link between science and the arts. "Scientists and artists work in much the same manner," says Croce, who also chairs the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics in the OSU College of Medicine and Public Health. "Artists have workshops where established mentors teach young students. Then the very good students spin off and start their own careers and workshops, often in competition with their mentors. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and former director of the Kimmel Cancer Institute/Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Croce has made a career of scrutinizing cancer at its most fundamental level, studying molecular changes in genes that can lead to the unregulated cell growth that characterizes this disease in its many forms." See less