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Don W. Cleveland | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD) New Mexico State University (BS) |
Awards | National Academy of Sciences, 2006 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006 Institute of Medicine, 2012 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2018 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Centromeres, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis Mechanism and therapy in human neurodegenerative disease |
Institutions | Ludwig Cancer Research University of California, San Diego Johns Hopkins University |
Doctoral advisor | Marc W. Kirschner |
Other academic advisors | William Rutter |
Don W. Cleveland (born 1950 in Waynesville, MO) is an American cancer biologist and neurobiologist.
Cleveland is currently the Department Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine[1] and Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Neurosciences[2] at the University of California at San Diego, and Head, Laboratory for Cell Biology at the San Diego branch of Ludwig Cancer Research.[3]