DeLisi, Charles, 1941-
Biography
Charles DeLisi is the Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering at Boston University. Prior to joining Boston University, he was Professor and Chair of Biomathematical Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1987–1989), Director of the United States Department of Energy's Health and Environmental Research Programs (1985–1987), Section Chief at National Institutes of Health (1975–1985), and Theoretical Division Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1972–1975).
In 1999 he initiated the Boston University graduate program in Bioinformatics, which now includes approximately 120 students and 50 faculty from across the university.
In 1985, as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Health and Environmental Research Programs, DeLisi and his advisors proposed, planned, and defended the Human Genome Project before the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Congress. Despite a storm of controversy, it was included in President Ronald Reagan’s FY 1987 budget submission to Congress. It passed both the House and the Senate, the latter with the essential support of Senator Pete Domenici (R, NM).
DeLisi is recipient of numerous awards including the Presidential Citizens Medal, awarded to him by President Clinton for his seminal role in initiating the Human Genome Project.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Aristides Patrinos, 2006-03-03
Charles Delisi, 2003-09-08
Charles DeLisi, pioneer in theoretical and mathematical immunology and an important player in the Human Genome Project, is interviewed by Mila Pollock on September 8, 2003, at Boston University, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Charles DeLisi Collection
These files are the letters sent by attendees of the Santa Fe Workshop in 1986. These formed the basis of Dr. DeLisi’s memo to the Assistant Secretary proposing the project.
