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Dr. Patrick Moore is an American Cancer Society (ACS) Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, the Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Innovative Cancer Research, the Director of the Cancer Virology Program, and Co-Director of the Cancer Virology Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. He received a Master’s degree from Stanford University, followed by a medical degree and Master’s Degree from the University of Utah College of Medicine, and a Master’s of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. Patrick also trained at the Centers for Disease Control as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer. He worked for the U.S. Center for Disease Control and New York City Department of Health before returning to academia as a faculty member at Columbia University where he remained for eight years before accepting his current position at the University of Pittsburgh. Patrick has received many awards and honors, including the Meyenburg Foundation Award for Cancer Research, the Robert Koch Prize, and the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Charles S. Mott Prize. He was also elected as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2012. Patrick is here with us today to tell us all about his journey through life and science.
