Anthony P. Monaco (born October 10, 1959) is an American geneticist and university administrator. He has been president of

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since 2011.

Life

Monaco was born in

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and graduated from the Salesianum School in 1977. He earned an undergraduate degree as an independent concentrator in neuroscience and behavior at

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in 1981 and played goalie on their men's water polo team. Monaco earned his Ph.D. in Neurobiology in 1987 and his M.D. in 1988 in a joint program from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. His doctoral research, supervised by Louis M. Kunkel, led to his landmark discovery of the gene responsible for X-linked Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in London, where he worked on the

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at the

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(now

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), and subsequently a faculty position at the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the

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. Monaco identified the first gene specifically involved in human speech and language.

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-winning biologist

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once stated "Tony Monaco was among the first to recognize the importance of what was still an emerging research frontier, human genetics, and its vast potential to address problems such as cancer and autism." Monaco held a series of administrative positions at Oxford, the last being Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources), prior to being appointed President of Tufts University. He was also the Head of the Neurodevelopmental and Neurological Disorders Group at the

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. Monaco assumed the office of President of Tufts University in August 2011 from

Lawrence Bacow Lawrence Seldon Bacow (; born August 24, 1951) is an American lawyer, Economics, economist, author and university administrator, and the current and 29th president of Harvard University. He took office on July 1, 2018, succeeding Drew Gilpin Fau ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monaco, Anthony 1959 births Living people Pro-Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Harvard University alumni Princeton University alumni Harvard Medical School alumni Presidents of Tufts University Salesianum School alumni