Tissue Preservation, Life care and Biobanking (B2B & Networking)

Vincent S Gallicchio earned his PhD in Experimental Hematology at New York University Medical Center. He completed his hematology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and did post-graduate training at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center. He received his diploma in medicine from the “Vasile Goldis” University of Arad (Romania). He has served on the faculty of Yale Medical School and the University of Kentucky Medical Center before his current tenure as professor of biology, microbiology, and public health sciences at Clemson University, where he also serves as the Director of the Education & Research Center for Trace Elements that operates under the auspices of UNESCO. He has published more than 200 scientifi c articles many dealing with the biology of stem cells, regenerative & personalized medicine and the alternative medical uses of lithium, many book chapters, and full texts. He is a Fellow of the Association of Clinical Scientists, the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, and the Royal Society of the Arts. In 2003, at the 200th anniversary of RSA, because of his long-standing effort to educate and train biomedical laboratory scientists from England, he was recognized for his efforts by being presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.