Don W. Cleveland
Don W. Cleveland | |
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Cleveland in 2013 | |
| Born | August 26, 1950 |
| 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 and Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Neurosciences at the University of California at San Diego, and Head, Laboratory for Cell Biology at the San Diego branch of Ludwig Cancer Research.