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Mark N. Polizzotto, M.B., B.S., B.Med.Sc

HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch Retroviral Disease Section Assistant Clinical Investigator Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute Building 10 - Magnuson Clinical Center, Room 6N106 Bethesda, MD 20892 Phone:   301-402-1541 Fax:   301-480-5955 E-Mail:   mark.polizzotto@nih.gov

Biography

Dr. Polizzotto serves as Assistant Clinical Investigator and attending physician in the HIV/AIDS Malignancy Branch. He completed his medical degree at the University of Western Australia, and training in laboratory research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research leading to a bachelor of medical science from the University of Melbourne. He then completed specialty training in internal medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center and subspecialty training in hematology and hematopathology at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne, leading to fellowships of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. He received further subspecialty training in the HIV/AIDS Malignancy Branch of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), including a Ph.D. jointly at NCI and the University of Melbourne, before commencing his current position through the NCI Clinical Investigator Development Program.

Research

Dr Polizzotto's research focuses on understanding the pathophysiology of viral malignancies, particularly those related to Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8, using this knowledge to inform development of new therapies with an emphasis on immunomodulatory and antiviral approaches and to investigate novel imaging strategies for these malignancies.

This page was last updated on 3/4/2013.