Massimo Trucco, M.D., joined the University of Pittsburgh in 1986 as a member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Associate Professor within the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics. In 1991, he was appointed Hillman Professor of Pediatric Immunology and Head of the Division of Immunogenetics within the Department of Pediatrics. Currently, in addition to holding these positions, Dr. Trucco is the Director of both the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Histocompatibility Center and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Center for Gene Therapy Approaches to Type 1 Diabetes. In 2000, he became Founder and Director of the Pediatric Research Section of the University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Institute.
Most recently, in 2008, he became a Professor in the
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology as well as the
Hillman Professor of Pediatric Immunology Endowment Chair.
Dr. Trucco holds a B.A. in Latin and Ancient Greek and received his M.D. in Medical Genetics from the University of Torino in 1974. Immediately prior to his arrival at the university, he was an Assistant Professor at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, he has also held the positions of Staff Member of the Basel Institute for Immunology, in Basel, Switzerland, Visiting Assistant Professor at the MRC Laboratories of Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, England, and Assistant Professor within the Institute of Medical Genetics at the University of Torino School of Medicine, in Torino, Italy.
Throughout his career, Dr. Trucco has been a member of several professional and scientific societies. Among his list of memberships, he is a part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Diabetes Association, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Italian Society of Immunology and Immunopathology, Italian Society of Medical Genetics and New York Academy of Science.
For his research efforts, Dr. Trucco has been featured in several publications and has been the recipient of numerous awards. Since joining the university faculty, he has been awarded the William Stadie Award (1993) from the American Diabetes Association and the University of Michigan-Sandoz Prize (1993). Most recently, he was recognized with the 1996 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, Dr. Trucco has focused his efforts on the following:
- Gene Therapy Approaches to Type I Diabetes
- TRIGR (Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk) Study: Nutritional Primary Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes
- Prediction and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Massimo TruccoPhone: (412) 692-6570
Email: mnt@pitt.edu