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 Wilmington, Delaware and graduated from the

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in 1977. He earned an undergraduate degree as an independent concentrator in neuroscience and behavior at Princeton University 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

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. 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 human genome project at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now Cancer Research UK), 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.

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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